Reading Notes: Coyote's Eyes, Part B

Coyote's Eyes
Author: Katharine Berry Judson (1912)

Main characters: coyote and a bird

The story started out with a bird taking out and throwing its eyes into the air. When the birds eye returned, they were brighter than before.

The coyote witnessed this and wanted to try. The bird took the coyotes eyes and threw them up into the air. His eyes were much brighter than before. Coyote was so happy with how his eyes turned out that he wanted to try again. The bird refused, but coyote persisted.

The bird took coyotes eyes and threw them up into the air and they never came down. Coyote demanded that they return, but bird never returned them.

Annoyed at his constant complaining, the bird took gum and shaped it into a ball and shoved it into coyotes eye holes. He was never able to see again.

Coyote and Bird

Reading Notes: Coyote, Tortillas, and Mesquite Beans, Part A

Coyote, Tortillas, and Mesquite Beans
Author: Katharine Berry Judson (1912)

This story was mainly about outsmarting and listening to directions.

There was a flood and a woman was walking through the water. She was carrying a basket of tortillas above her head. As she was walking, a coyote that was in a tree was watching her. He asked her to come close and give her the tortillas or he would shoot her with a bow.

Scared that she was going to be shot, she approached the tree. When she was close to the tree she told coyote to come down and get the tortillas. The coyote saw that the woman was only ankle deep in the water, not knowing that she was standing on a tree stump, so he decided to come down from the tree.

The water washed the coyote away. Upon the waters going down, the coyote came across an elder brother that told him not to touch the black bug and not to eat the mesquite beans. Coyote failed to listen and ate both. The bug and beans swelled and killed the coyote.

Coyote In Tree