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THE RABBIT AND THE COYOTE

CHARACTERS:

NARRATOR

RABBIT

COYOTE

SCRIPT:

NARRATOR:  The rabbit came to a big rock, and there he deceived the coyote. He was leaning on the rock when the coyote came by.

COYOTE:  What are you doing, brother?.

RABBIT:  Come here quickly, brother Coyote, the sky is falling down on top of us. Lean against the rock and hold it up while I go for a stick. We’ll prop it up with that.

COYOTE:  All right.

NARRATOR:   The Coyote began holding it up with all his might. Since the coyote was not very smart, he did exactly what the rabbit told him to.

RABBIT:  Wait here, I am going to get a stick.

NARRATOR:  But he left the coyote holding up the rock. When the rabbit didn’t return the coyote shouted.

COYOTE:  Come back, brother!. The weight of the rock has made me tired.

NARRATOR:  The rabbit still didn’t come back.

COYOTE:   I’m going to leave , even though the sky may fall down on top of us.

NARRATOR:  But when he ran away he fell into a ravine. The rabbit never came back to the rock and the coyote was lost. Later the rabbit came to a pond and saw the reflection of the moon in there. As the rabbit was very tricky, he was always deceiving the coyote. The dumb coyote always followed him and didn’t know that the rabbit was deceiving him. The coyote came to the pond where the rabbit was. When he saw the coyote coming he began to drink the water from the pond.

COYOTE:  What are you doing, brother?.

RABBIT:  Look, brother, there’s a lot of food down there.

COYOTE:  What kind of food?.

RABBIT:  Look.

COYOTE:  I see it. What is it?.

RABBIT: There’s cheese in the water.  If we drink all the water we can get the cheese. Drink it, you’re big and you can finish all the water.

COYOTE:  All right, brother.

RABBIT:  I’m going for a walk.

NARRATOR:  The coyote continued to drink the water, but the rabbit was gone.

COYOTE:  Oh, my stomach hurts!.  I can`t finish the water, I can`t anymore.  I´m leaving this place.

NARRATOR: So the coyote abandoned the effort and left.

THE END

Author:  Tales and Legends of the Q’anjob’al Maya, published by Yax Te’ Press, copyright 1995.

Adapted by: K I D S I N C O

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