“Coyote, who is the creator of all of us, was sitting on his cloud
the day after he created Indians. Now, he liked the Indians, liked what
they were doing. This is good, he kept saying to himself. But he was
bored. He thought and thought about what he should make next in the
world. But he couldn't think of anything so he decided to clip his
toenails. ... He looked around and around his cloud for somewhere to
throw away his clippings. But he couldn't find anywhere and he got mad.
He started jumping up and down because he was so mad. Then he
accidentally dropped his toenail clippings over the side of the cloud
and they fell to the earth. They clippings burrowed into teh ground like
seeds and grew up to be white man. Coyote, he looked down at his newest
creation and said, "Oh, shit.”
Sherman Alexie, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
Sherman Alexie, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
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