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My grandfather used to
say [SPEAKING NAVAJO],,

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the secret begins at
the tip of your tongue.

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And so we were taught
to pray early at dawn.

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We were taught not only
to pray during times

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of need or frustration,
but also to use prayer

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to celebrate and to
express gratitude.

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I've always thought about that.

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And so I enjoy language.

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I've studied several languages,
including not Gaelic but Navajo

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and Spanish, and
English, and Old English,

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and Latin, some
French and Japanese.

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And I have few more on
my list that I still

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would like to study.

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I really enjoy
learning languages

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and speaking language.

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When we were younger, we used
to listen to coyote stories.

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So I would like to tell you one.

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It's called "Coyote and Bobcat."

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I can't do the coyote accent in
English so I'll just stick to--

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So--

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"One, one day
coyote was trotting,

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he was trotting, trotting.

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He found a bobcat
asleep, stretch out

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in the sun on a rock.

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Coyote walked around him, you
sleep in the day, he mused.

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Just can't lie around, he said.

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Then he pushed in the ears,
then he pushed in the nose,

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then he push in the arms,
then he push in the legs,

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then push in the tails, then
pushing the whole body, coyote

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howled with laughter.

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My isn't he more handsome now?

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He said.

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He walked around
him one more time.

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Bobcat snowed even louder and
coyote trotted away giggling.

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He was trotting, trotting.

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Bobcat woke up and
didn't feel like himself.

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Coyote my cousin, this
is your work, he said.

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I will get you yet, he
said, somewhat peeved.

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Then he shook himself
and started walking.

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Bobcat was walking, walking.

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Two, one day bobcat was walking,
he was walking, walking.

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He found the coyote
asleep, stretch out

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in the sun on a rock.

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Bobcat walked around him,
you too sleep in the day?

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He mused.

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Just can't lie
around too, he said.

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Then he pulled out the ears,
then he pull up the nose,

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then he pull up the arms,
then he pull up the legs,

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then he pull up the tails, then
he pulled up the whole body.

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Bobcat mewed with laughter My,
aren't you more handsome now,

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he said.

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He walked around
him one more time.

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Coyote snored even louder.

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And bobcat walked away giggling.

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He was walking, walking.

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Coyote woke up and
didn't feel like himself.

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Bobcat my cousin,
this is your work,

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he said, I will get you again,
he said, somewhat pissed.

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Then shook himself
and started trotting.

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Coyote was trotting, trotting.

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Three, sitting, sitting bobcat.

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Bobcat is sitting in
the sun on a rock.

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Coyote finds him and walks
around him, sitting, sitting.

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Bobcat continues
to lick himself.

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So, says the coyote.

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Yes, it is so, says the bobcat.

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Let's be friends
again, says the coyote.

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Yes then, let it be
so, says the bobcat.

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Well then, let's play a
game, says the coyote.

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Yes, what shall we play?

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Says the bobcat.

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Let's play scratching,
says the coyote.

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But he couldn't
see bobcat's nails.

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How do you play that?

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Says the bobcat.

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Simple, says the coyote.

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I scratch your back,
then you scratch my back,

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says the coyote.

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No, no, says the bobcat.

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You got longer nails than
I do, says the bobcat.

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Coyote get all excited
and says, let's, let's.

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You just want to
tear down my back,

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I thought you wanted
to be friends?

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Says the bobcat.

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Yes, yes my cousin, this is a
friendly game, the coyote says.

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Starting with coyote, they
scratch one another's back.

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Each time bobcat faints
crying out in pain,

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oh, I feel you're scratching
even more every time.

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Coyote giggles with
pleasure, I can feel yours,

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this is your last
time cousin, go ahead,

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give me your best scratch.

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Then bobcat brings out all those
nails and scratches coyote's

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back with all his [HOWLS].

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Coyote howls with pain,
and with arched back

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he runs over the hill, never
looking back not even once.

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To this day, he still hasn't
returned to Bobcat yet."

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We have a lot of coyote stories.

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Back home we used to
listen to our grandparents

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tell coyote stories.

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It was a lot of fun.

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We had corn stew
steamed, stew with mutton

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boiling on the health
cut, barrel wood stove

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and it was corrugated metal
rolled up off our chimney

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and sitting inside a hogan and
having the snow coming down.

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You could hear the snow
melting on the stove

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and they were such a beautiful,
beautiful evenings listening

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to these stories.

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