Bobcat and Birch Tree: This story incorporated the Old Man, the "other side" of Napi. The Old Man tricks prairie dogs into laying in the fire and roasting them for food. Not super nice. While the prairie dogs are roasting a bobcat steals them from the sleeping Old Man after his nose repeatedly warns him. The Old Man woke up and saw the bob cat and pulled off it tale as retribution. This was another origin story, of why bobcats have no tails. I love stories like this.
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Kut-O-Yis, The Blood Boy: This was a very long story, but I really liked it. The parents of their son in law were treated really badly and was very selfish. He kept all the skins and meat from the hunt himself. One day he let the father have a drop of blood from a buffalo he had killed. The man saved the drop of blood and boiled it in a pot. The next morning the father opened the pot a found a baby boy and named him Kut-O-Yis. The Father was instructed to tie the boy up on a pole and then the boy magically grew into a full grown man. Eventually, Kut-O-Yis kills the evil son in law.
I really enjoyed this story. Even though it was pretty long, it was interesting and easy to understand. I think this would be a good storytelling post, if i was to take a small section and make do a point of view from one of the small children.
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