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Salmon and coyote

Coyote could change shape whenever I wanted. He fell into the water one day while crossing a river. It became a wooden board to avoid drowning and was dragged down water to reach a dike.

An old woman saw the timber and thought it could serve as a fish dish. She took it home and ate it with salmon. When the salmon disappeared so quickly that it could hardly taste a bite, it is easy to imagine its surprise. He threw the timber into the fire because he was so angry.

Coyote became a baby crying of pain when he found himself in the middle of the fire. The woman quickly pulled him out of the flames and took care of him as if it were her own.

As time passed and the boy grew older, the boy remained as bold and rebellious as he was when he was a child. One day, the woman was forced to leave, but before leaving, she asked the coyote boy not to open any boxes in the warehouse.

Coyote made a promise, but he didn't intend to fulfil it because he was disobedient. I was curious to know what was inside. However, he first tried to break the dike that had hindered his access to the sea. The country of Coyote had no salmon and wanted its inhabitants, who lived in the waters above, to be able to taste it. That's why I had to break the dick so that the salmon could rise.

Coyote broke the barrier with a hammer as soon as the old lady left, leaving the salmon free.

He began to open the four boxes to satisfy his curiosity. Unfortunately, the first formed a group of horrifying vespers; the second, a large number of dark salmon flies; the third, a lot of dark mossardons; and the fourth, a bunch of carnivorous squirrels. From that day on, Coyote could give his people as much salmon as he wanted. However, due to its lack of obedience, its population is now besieged by insects such as whips, flies, mosquitoes and squirrels. Each year they reach their peak during the spring, when the salmon begins to grow in the rivers.

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