Slek’iyáp, the Coyote’s Son

Date: 2010.02.23 | Category: Longhouse Publishing | Response: 0

Slek’iyáp

Saw a white bird in a tree.

He said:

“I will get Téxwets, my bow,

And Sàkweláx, my arrow….

I will shoot that small white bird in the tree.”

He shot his arrow,

And it fell harmless to the ground.

Again he shot….

Again it fell.

Slek’iyáp said:

“I will climb that tree….

I will shoot that white bird!”

He climbed the tree

But, however he aimed,

Back came Sàkweláx, the arrow, to his hand again.

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