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Post by Okwes on Apr 14, 2008 13:17:07 GMT -5
Goat and Deer - Stillaguamish
(Shweetlai and Quaguilch)
Once goat was brown and deer was white. They both had much trouble avoiding their enemies, because brown goat on white snow could be so easily seen, also white deer in dark woods.
One day they met and talked over a plan to make it better for both. Both all of a sudden said: "Suppose we try to trade coats and see how it goes." They did and after that they had very little trouble in avoiding their enemies. Goat was hard to see near gray rocks or white snow, and deer was hard to see in the woods.
Released 27 November 2002 Indian Stories and Legends of the Stillaguamish and Allied Tribes
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