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San Huberto Folklore
« on: April 04, 2020, 09:18:53 AM »
The man, the donkey, and the dog

On the last day of creation, God was parceling out years. To man he gave 60, adding that there would be both good and bad years, but the good years would outnumber the bad years. The man, always desiring more, thought that he was being short-changed, but he held his tongue. God gave the donkey 30 years, but warned that the bad years would outnumber the good - so the donkey asked that he be relieved of 10 of those years, since they were going to be so hard. The man asked for, and got, the 10 years that the donkey gave up. Likewise the dog was offered 20 years, more bad than good, and the dog said he would be happy with 10 - and the man begged for the 10 years that the dog didn't want, and received those as well.

And that is why man lives the life of a donkey from 60 to 70, and why he lives the life of a lowly dog from his 70th year on.

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« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2020, 11:53:29 PM »
Coyote acts as judge

One day, a rattlesnake had a large stone fall on him while he was napping, and when a rabbit came along, the snake begged to be freed. The rabbit pushed the rock off of the snake, who then announced his attention of eating his benefactor. About this time, a coyote came up, and the rabbit appealed to him for justice. The snake claimed that he had crawled under the rock to rest, but the rabbit was trying to crush him by moving the rock, and so deserved to be eaten. The coyote pretended that the scene had to be reenacted to so he could judge fairly - and when the rattlesnake was safely under the rock, and squirming in pain, the coyote rendered his verdict: "Pues, that is the way you will stay" said the coyote. "Now you have your reward for trying to eat the rabbit after he had treated you with kindness."