Rock smashed and crashed his way through the forest, knocking down trees in his path. "Go away Coyote, before Rock kills us all," shouted the trees.
Coyote ran from the forest, down onto the prairie where he saw two bears. "Help me! Help me!" he howled. "Rock is chasing me." "We will stop him" growled the Bears.
The first Bear put out one paw to stop Rock, and his paw was broken. "Yeeoow!" he cried in pain. The second Bear put out both paws but Rock rolled right over him, squashing him as thin as a pancake.
Coyote ran on until he saw some Buffalo grazing. "Help me!" he howled. "Rock is chasing me."
The Buffalo lowered their horns and charged at Rock. Rock
cracked their heads and kept rolling. "Oooh! My head hurts" moaned one of the Buffalo.
Coyote ran on until he saw two old women talking outside their lodge. They were
holding stone hatchets. "Help me!" he howled. "Rock is chasing me."
He ran up and hid behind the women and when Rock reached them they hit him with their hatchets, shattering Rock into thousands of tiny pieces. Coyote fell on the ground, exhausted. The two women started whispering, but he could hear what they said.
"Coyote is so plump and juicy, he will go well in our cooking pot." Frightened, Coyote realised they were witches. He had to do something fast or they would eat him for dinner that night!
Thinking that he was too tired to run again, the witches went inside their lodge to get their cooking pot. Coyote noticed their water jugs outside the door. He jumped up, emptied the water out, then lay down again. When the witches came out again he said "I need a drink of water after all that running."
The witches pointed to the jugs. "There's plenty there Coyote. Help yourself". He turned one of the jugs
upside down. "They're empty. I'll go down to the river and fill them for you." The witches believed him.
When he was out of sight, Coyote laughed, dropped the jugs and ran away as fast as he could. When the witches realised they had been tricked, they became angry and blamed each other. They shouted louder and louder and finally hit each other on the head with their stone hatchets.
They dropped down dead and that was the end of the witches.
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