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Cheap Coyote Tricks by Greg Keeler Page 14 |
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It Was a Living "Catch," yelled Crow, and he threw a large bag of crickets to Coyote from the window of a speeding locomotive. Soon another locomotive sped by from the other direction, and Fox threw a huge crate of tiny rubber suits from the window. Coyote then dressed each cricket in a little suit and lashed them individually to the railroad tracks. This was the part that always bored Coyote the most, but what the hell, it was a living. And if it got too bad, he could always force the crickets to sing "Whistle While You Work."
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Wet Bottom Literary Blues Sometimes in early spring when tiny buds were just forming on the trees, Fox, Coyote, Crow and Badger would sit out on the damp grass next to the river and tell each other tales. But the tales had to be very short, for the wet grass would soak through their pants and make their bottoms itch. One day at the end of spring, Coyote said, "We've created SHORT STORY!" But the days were getting longer and the grass was drying out. That's when Daniel Defoe and Samuel Richardson stumbled into the little group and asked if they might help. "No," said Coyote, observing their dry pants. "Neither of you has paid his dues." |