Cheap Coyote Tricks      by Greg Keeler         Page 22                

 
Yuletide Body Swap

Coyote, Jesus, and
Santa Claus decided
to exchange bodies
one Christmas. Santa
Claus was pretty
comfortable as Jesus,
but Jesus felt awful
as Coyote. Coyote was
upset because he wanted
to be Jesus, but wound up
as what he considered to be
a fat, giggling old fool.
"Ho ho ho," said Jesus.
"Forgive them all," said Coyote.
"Oh Marlin, why hast thou
forsaken me?" said Santa Claus.

  
The Lake of No Shoes

One day Badger was sitting
by a mountain lake and noticed
that everything reflected in
the water looked more real
than the mountains and trees
around him. "I will call this
the lake of many shoes," thought
Badger as he scattered a large
crate of old shoes across the
surface. But soon the shoes
sank or floated to the edge 
of the lake and the perfect
reflections returned. "I
guess I'll have to settle for
the lake of no shoes," 
thought Badger.


Miracle of the Hair--NOT!

Badger was sad because 
all of his friends had
created monumental myths
and he hadn't created
so much as a bootie.
In the depths of despair,
he tore some hair out of his
tail and tossed it into the
wind. The hair swirled in a
light breeze and fell in a
beautiful pattern on the
lake. The pattern resembled--
well, actually it didn't
resemble much of anything.
Badger jumped into the middle
of it, trying to drown himself.
The pattern of hair formed
perfectly concentric
circles around him.
"Look!" said Coyote
as he came upon the scene in awe.
"Badger has finally done it.
He has drowned himself!" 
Cap Pistol Resurrection

Fox and Coyote were playing
cops and robbers with cap 
pistols. Fox fired at Coyote
and said, "Hey, I got you.
You're s'posed to fall down."
"Did not," said Coyote.
"Did too," said Fox.
At that moment, a boulder
rolled away from the mouth
of a nearby cave and Jesus
stepped out with Badger on
his shoulders, blazing away
with a pair of cap pistols.
"Hey," said Coyote, "you two
are s'posed to be dead."
"Are not," said Jesus.
"Are too," said Fox.
"Are not," said Badger.

 

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