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Rh again for Game. Then | noise was heard high up on the mountains. || Coyote thought the Game would begin to come down, | but all at once all the Game Animals threw down stones. They all threw stones at | Coyote. Then Coyote knew that | the Game Animals were making war on him. At once he got ready. | He did as he always does when going to war. He put stripes on himself || and pinned tail feathers of the red flicker on himself. | Then he gave a war cry and jumped sideways. | His whole tent was torn up by the stones. | His son was knocked down. Then three, | and her parents, were left over. They were jumping back and forth. Then || was knocked down. Now two were left, Coyote and his wife. | They two jumped back and forth. Then Dog also was knocked down, | and Coyote alone was left over. He was jumping back and forth. | Then there were no more stones up on the mountain, | and the Game Animals did not roll down any more. They picked up some more, || and after some time they found stones. Then there were no more. Coyote was standing there. | They could not kill him. |

Little Flathorn went that way. There a small sharp flat stone was lying. | He hit Coyote with it. He said: | "Well, look out, Coyote!" Coyote was standing there. || He heard a noise. He said: "Hey!" It was a | thin stone which made the noise. Then he put his | head sideways quickly. He was listening for the noise. | He was hit hard on the head and was knocked down. | He began to fall, and as he was falling he said: "I'll turn into || a piece of wood." Then a piece of wood fell from his body, and he fell | into the river in the form of a plank. |

He drifted down. He drifted along. He came to a town. There was a fish trap. | He stopped where they went to dip water. There were | two girls, who went to get water. They saw a good piece of wood, || and one said: "Well, let me take it to use it for my dish!" | She carried it and put fish into her dish. She did not eat all. | In the evening she put it up. At night | Coyote ate the fish. He went under the girl's blanket. | On the following morning the one looked for the dish, and it was with her. || Her friend said to her: "Oh, you must have eaten all that was left over!" | They took the fish trap ashore and ate again. At night they again | put up the food that was left. When they were asleep, Coyote | ate again the fish that was in the dish; and when he had eaten all, | he went under the