The Spanish in the Southwest . htthat he could do it for himself. The eagle saw that thecoyote had gone to sleep, and as he wanted the mountainsat once, he decided not to wait for the lazy animal to wakeup. He began to scratch with his feet, and the mountainsgrew higher and higher, until even the eagle was satisfiedwith their size. When he saw them rising up toward the sky he said, How bare they are. I must plant trees on them. He flew slowly over the mountains and then slowlyback again. As he moved, many of his feathers fell to theground. The large ones grew up into great trees, and the India
The Spanish in the Southwest . htthat he could do it for himself. The eagle saw that thecoyote had gone to sleep, and as he wanted the mountainsat once, he decided not to wait for the lazy animal to wakeup. He began to scratch with his feet, and the mountainsgrew higher and higher, until even the eagle was satisfiedwith their size. When he saw them rising up toward the sky he said, How bare they are. I must plant trees on them. He flew slowly over the mountains and then slowlyback again. As he moved, many of his feathers fell to theground. The large ones grew up into great trees, and the Indian Leo-ends 29 little pin feathers became bushes and plants. The eaglewas happy when he saw the result of his work. He flewaway over the land, perching on his mountains when hewas tired, and making his nest on high cliffs far out ofreach of all the animals. HOW MAX WAS MADE When the coyote had finished making the world and allthe animals, he was ready to make man. But how shouldhe create so wonderful a being! Cunning as he was,. The council of animals coyote hesitated about trying all alone to make man ; so hecalled in the other animals to give him their advice. Theysat down around him, the mountain lion at their head. How shall we make this mighty creature, man?coyote asked. 30 Before the Coming of the Spanish Up spoke the mountain lion with a great roar. Hemust have a strong voice, said he, so that everythingin the forest can hear him and be afraid. The grizzly bear said, Nonsense! and shook his big,shaggy head. Such a voice would scare away the veryanimals that he wanted to kill. Man must be very strong,able to kill his prey when he catches it. So it went all around the circle of advisers. The deerthought that man should have antlers, thin ears, and sharpeyes. The beaver thought that a broad, flat tail was nec-essary for carrying mud and sand. The owl hooted out,Give him wings, of course! How can he live withoutwings ? Even the little mouse squeaked out his ideasabout making
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