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How Coyote Got Pointed Teeth by OneEagleWoman

One day , when the day was warm and bright, Coyote was lounging on a butte near a small creek. He woke up and saw the sun glistening on some sweet sweet berries. He smiled and went down to get them. Of course these berries were very sweet, even sweeter than the best candy he stole from children. He got to the bushes and grabbed a paw-full. Then he saw a shaddow fly above him, it was Raven. "Caw-Caw, dont eat those berries!" said the Raven. "Oh what you cackling at. These smell swett, Coyote can handle them." Raven flew down and sat on the berry bush, "Yes, but you eat them your teeth hurt and need to brush them." By this Coyote thought, 'well, Coyote chews on bark and can handle this'. This was a time also when Coyote had flat teeth, so you could see why Raven was concerned.
"Coyote will take good care, now leave me be Raven, Coyote wants to eat!" Raven looked at him and shook his head. "Silly man, ok Raven warned you. Keep your teeth clean, or they fall out!" At that Raven flew away. Oh Coyote was so happy with his berry bush he ate and ate, he almost thought they were as sweet as chokecherries. But he let time pass. Soon his teeth started to hurt, and he remembered Raven's words. "Well the river is here. Coyote will gargle with water and my teeth will be fine.", snuffed Coyote. After a big meal of sweet berries he took a short nap. Then woke up with his teeth feeling weird. 'What is this?' Coyote thought. He got up and looked at the water. "Oh, eh, my teeth they are loose, help!" At that Coyote's wife came along. "What you yiping about now old man?"
"Woman, oh woman, Coyote's teeth hurt and they are loose! What shall Coyote do?" Coyote's flat teeth moved and hurt with every jerk. Then his wife smiled out the side of her mouth, "Old man. Look in the creek once more, think you should see somethin." Coyote looked in the creek and, SMACK!. Coyote's wife hit him in the head with a cooking pan and with that his teeth came flying out into his paws. "Oh! Woman what you do to me! My teeth are gone and Coyote have nothing to eat with." Coyote's wife said, "Ok, I put teeth back in and it will be good." Oh Coyote wished he'd listen to Raven. Coyote's wife put his teeth back in, but she didnt see too well, so she put them in upsidedown. With a smile on her face she got that pan again and said, "Close your eyes, need to make sure they're in!" And with another smack of the cooking pan Coyote's teeth were in. Now to this day, you can still see Coyote and his pointed teeth, but he never ate those sweet sweet berries again.