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Show Goshute T H E G O S H U T E S 5 7 W E S H A L L R E M A I N : U TA H I N D I A N C U R R I C U L U M G U I D E COYOTE EYE-JUGGLER Long time ago Indian people told these stories to one another, I'm going to tell one now. Long time ago my father and mother used to tell me stories. That coyote was travelling, while he was travelling he stood under a willow tree, he heard noises like some-one having fun. They were small gray sparrows, they were not waterbirds. Them sparrows were taking out their eyes and tossing them in the air, their eyes would go into the air and return back to their own eye sockets. They would talk to their eyes and tells it to come back to its owners. Coyote stood under the willow tree and watched the sparrows having fun. Coyote liked what they were doing. Coyote came to them and stood there watching them. "What are you doing?" he said to them. They answered Coyote and said, "We just take out our eyes and toss them in the air, then our eyes return to its own place when we lift up our heads." Coyote said, "I want to try that myself," he said. "Yes," they said to Coyote. The sparrows were watching him, they stood all around him. Then Coyote tried to take out his eyes but they would not come out. Coyote was happy with what he did. Then again he removed his eyes and he toss them up a little ways. It took a little while before his eyes came back to him. Again, Coyote tried again, he was having fun doing that. Then Coyote toss his eyes way up high, he waited for his eyes to come back but it didn't. His eyes got stuck way up high in the willow tree. It is said today Coyotes eyes are still in the willow tree. Coyote was blind not having eyes. The little sparrows then were laughing at Coyote. They left him there. Then Coyote went from there. Coyote being blind was just wandering around. From somewhere two girls came and found Coyote. |