The Coyote And The Buffalo

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The tale of the Coyote and the buffalo is one that depicts the consequences of being too greedy like the coyote and being being too naïve and trusting like the buffalo and how it drives the story onward, until
In the opening of the story Bull Buffalo is dead, having been killed by Young Buffalo, who then took over Bulls herd. Bull then sees that his old nemesis coyote comes across his skull, and he watches as coyote proceeds to desecrate his remains. “He threw it into the air; he kicked it and spat on it; he threw dust in the eye sockets. He did these things many times, until he grew tired. Then he went his way” (Mourning dove,48). Mourning doves quote depicts how disgraceful coyotes treatment of buffalos remains was. Like any rational being

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