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Bill Miller
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A boy heard the voice of the whippoorwill one night
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and went out to find where he was singing. He had to
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walk quite a ways through a big field, because the
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song of the whippoorwill carried so well in the wind he
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sound much closer then he really was. And on the way
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the boy found a well worn trail, so he stayed on it for a
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while. And sitting in the middle of the trail was coyote,
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and coyote was singing too. He turned and saw the
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boy and he said "Why are you follow me?" The boy
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was frightened and said "Well the trail you made
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happened to be a short and easy way through this
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field. Then coyote asked "Well if your not following
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me then why are you here?" "Well I heard the beautiful
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song of the whippoorwill and wanted to watch him
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sing." "Well do you not think my songs are beautiful?",
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said coyote. "Oh", said the boy, "there good but I hear
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you all the time. I much prefer the songs of the
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whippoorwill" This made coyote furious and he was
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jealous of the whippoorwill's song. He said "Listen to
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my night song you might like this one" And he pulled
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back his head and yodeled out a tune. The boy
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covered his ears and politely said, "Thank you for the
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song, but I must be going now." "Well", coyote said, "I
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can show you a short cut to the whippoorwill boy, and
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where he sings is just over there." Pointing his claw,
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smiling out of the side of his mouth. The boy paused,
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looked around, he knew the night was passing fast so
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he agreed to follow coyote. But coyote's trail was
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rough and rocky. And the boy fell in quite a few
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gopher holes along the way. Coyote turned around
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and laughed and he yelled to the boy. "Were almost
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there, hurry up." Coyote was at a full trot but the boy
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had just fallen again and hurt his knee. And by the time
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he got to the place where the whippoorwill had been
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singing all night, it was morning. Whippoorwill was
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gone. And so was coyote, in fact he could hear
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coyote's songs in another field. So the boy turned and
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headed for home, covered with burrs, misq bites and a
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skinned up knee. And it was many summers later
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when the boy became a wiser man. And he realized,
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there are no shortcuts to find something you really
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love. But there are many trails in this life. So you must
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stay true to your path, and always keep and eye out
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for coyote
Bill Miller, with Dave Hoffner, Sam Bacc...
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