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Ma’ii and Cousin Horned Toad: A Navajo Trickster Tale

Begay, Shonto. Ma’ii and Cousin Horned Toad. 32 p. New York: Scholastic Inc. 1992. A lazy, ungrateful coyote named Ma’ii eats up Cousin Horned Toad’s crops. When Ma’ii decides he wants his cousin’s land for himself, he tricks Horned Toad into his mouth and gobbles him up. Horned Toad tricks Ma’ii in turn, pretending to …

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