Coyote Learns To Whistle
Coyote tied Weasel's tail in a KNOT,
And when Weasel found that tail, she
knew who did
THAT.
But she says NOTHING.
She WHISTLED.
And Coyote came over to see what all that
WHISTLING
was about.
Your TAIL is tied in a knot
Coyote says this to Weasel.
Yes, says Weasel. It helps me to
WHISTLE.
Well, says Coyote, I can see that
It does.
And he tied his tail in a knot
and BLEW air out of his mouth.
But it SOUNDED like a fart.
You got to pull that KNOT tighter
says Weasel.
So Coyote did that and tried again.
JUST farting.
Pull it tighter, says Weasel.
so, Coyote thanked Weasel, gave her some
tobacco for the ADVICE
and pulled the knot so tight that HIS
tail BROKE and fell off.
Elwood told that STORY to the Rotary Club
in town
and everybody laughed and says what
a STUPID Coyote.
And that's the problem, you know,
seeing the DIFFERENCE between stupidity
and greed.
Thomas King
As far as I know, this poem is not in the particular Thomas King book that has the illustration at the top of this post as its cover. I found this poem in Native Writers Canadian Writing ( University of British Columbia Press 1992), edited by W.H. New.
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