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Rh Fox | went out. He staid out the whole night. ‖ When it was almost morning, he came back into the tent. Then Coyote arose and | looked at his friend. He was sleeping with his son. | They did so a long time for several months. |

Then Coyote said: "I can tell by his eyes that my son has | manitou power. Now let him go and get the toy." He had heard ‖ that some one had a good toy. Therefore | he said so to his friend Fox. Coyote had given to his son | his own manitou power, and his manitou power was Moonlight-just-touching-the-Ground. | Fox gave his to his son. (It was) Darkness-of-Night. |

Then they started. They went along. After they had gone along for several days, ‖ they came to a town. They arrived there, and they staid at a distance. | The following afternoon they heard | the people talking. They said: "Now | play with your toy." Then they saw | the people coming out—all the men, ‖ women, and children. They all went there a little distance from their tents. | They brought it out. Then they carried it into the camp. | Then they began to shout. They saw how | they began to roll it about. They heard (saw) that the thing they were rolling about had a nice sound. | Then they went for it. They caught up with it and kicked it. ‖ It made a good sound. They ran for it. Only youths who were very fast could catch up with it. | It was pretty and bright. | Some time in the evening they stopped. They took it back | to the farthest tent. At night before it was very dark | Young Coyote said: "Now let us go ‖ and let us take it!" His friend said to him: "No, | they are not yet asleep, they will see us." It was not long before | Young Coyote said: "Now let us go! Let us get it!" | The friend said again: "I said no, the people are not asleep yet." | Then they staid there. After some time ‖ Young Fox knew that it was quiet. All | were asleep. Young Coyote was told: "Now let us go!" | Then it was seen that Young Coyote was asleep. | This happened because he returned early when he was looking for manitou power. Therefore | he slept soundly. He was told: "Don't sleep! Let us go there!" ‖ Then all the people were asleep. Then | they started. They got there to the farthest tent. They entered; and they saw | that, although it was dark, it was easily seen, because the toy looked bright. | They saw two old people asleep in the doorway. | Each held a hammer. ‖ They were to knock down with the hammer whoever came to steal it. | They went in secretly. (The one) went to the place where it was hanging, | took hold of it, and cut the string with which it was hung up. The other one | held the door open.