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Rh dead. | After Frog had cried, she took her bones. She laid them out and put them together. She carried them to the water. Then she | threw them into the water. Frog went back to her tent. She went in || and sat down. After a while, Chipmunk ran back into the tent | the same way as she had been before. | She was glad. She jumped at her. She embraced her. She said to her: | “I am glad, grandmother, that we meet again.” | That is the end. |

Coyote went along. He found the head of a Buffalo Bull. He picked it up | and threw it away. Then he went on. He went along and | went about and came back the same way, there where he had gone before. He went along | and came back to the place where the head was, at the same place where the || head of the Bull was. It happened three times when he went along. Then he said to it: | “Why, I went here before, this way where you are lying, and you lie in the same place again.” | He took a stone and smashed it. He took it and | scattered the pieces about. Then he started. He went and found a flat stone. | He threw his blanket over it. Then he lay down. While he was lying down, || he cried. He said while crying: |

He heard noise of running. He arose. He looked around, | and there was nothing. “Oh, I thought I heard running; but it is nothing, || because there are many passers-by who did it.” He lay down again. | After a little while he heard noise of running again. He raised | his head quickly. He saw a Bull approaching, | that ran after him. He jumped up quickly. | He started to run. He was pursued. He was out of breath and was tired. || Then Coyote spoke, and said: “Somebody shall help me.” | He was told: “It is good, nephew, come to me.” | He disappeared inside. Then the Bull arrived. He knew that (Coyote) | was in there. The Bull butted it. It was a stump. He split it in two. | Coyote ran away quickly. He started again. When he had gone a little ways, || he was out of breath again, and he spoke again, saying: “How far are you, | manitou? I am in danger.” He was told: “Nephew, come to me, come in.” He saw it was a stone, and then | he disappeared in it. The Bull arrived. He butted it and | broke the stone in two. Coyote jumped up quickly || and jumped away. He went along, and after a short distance | he was out of breath again. Again he spoke: “I am already in danger.” Somebody spoke to him, and he was told: “Come, come to me.” That was a small bush. He disappeared inside. The Bull arrived and butted it. He missed it. He could not hit || the little bush with his horns. The Bull could just not get it. Coyote said: | “Stop, stop