It was Coyote who brought it about that people die. He made it thus because our hands are not closed like his. He wanted our hands to be like his, but a lizard said to him: "No, they must have my hand." He had fiver fingers and Coyote had only a fist. So now we have an open hand with five fingers. But then Coyote sayd: "Well, then they will have to die.
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