“He was sitting by his campfire, listening to the star echoes. His burden basket rested upright against a pine.
“The voices inside the basket got pretty loud and disturbed Coyote.
“He stuck his head inside the basket and said, ‘You people be more quiet or I’m going to dump you out all over the world.’
“They didn’t make another sound for many, many eternities.”
— Peter Blue Cloud, Mohawk,
from Elderberry Flute Song:
Contemporary Coyote Tales
http://www.nmai.si.edu/exhibitions/baskets/
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