Native American Legends
Coyote with a thorn in his eye
A Costanoan (Ohlone) Legend
Coyote came to some women and asked them to pull out a thorn from
his eye. There was only a little stick which he held in place with
his eyelid. At first they distrusted him. He selected the most beautiful;
"You draw it out," he sang. When she was about to take
it with her fingers, he said: "No, take hold of it with your
teeth." He said this so that he might seize her. When she took
hold of the little stick he seized her and ran off with her. His
song:
Meneya don kac op ka yapunnin, you (?) me pull-out my thorn!
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