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| 1. |
The Blue Heron Ranch |
1 |
| The amazingly true story of how the ranch go its name. | |
| 2. |
The Ranch Rabbits |
6 |
| We learn why the cottontails choose to live inside the shelter belt. | |
| 3. |
Who Got the Grapes? |
14 |
| Chris and Jim get into trouble for something that they didn't do. | |
| 4. |
Martha and Grasshopper |
21 |
| Martha warns Grasshopper, but he just won't listen. | |
| 5. |
Martha and Meadowlark |
24 |
| Martha is saved by Meadowlark and does her a favor in turn. | |
| 6. |
Tough, Smart, and the Water Jug |
28 |
| The drought is here, they are thirsty, and it takes some doing to get water. | |
| 7. |
Coyote and Tough |
32 |
| A fool and his cheese are soon parted. | |
| 8. |
Coyote Comes to Dinner |
35 |
| We learn about the fate of the wolf and the coyotes' trick in his honor. | |
| 9. |
Coyote and a Wheel of Cheese |
42 |
| A gift for Coyote so that he can play the finest kind of trick on his buddy, Badger. | |
| 10. |
Roscoe Breaks His Leg |
49 |
| Wherein Roscoe tips his tractor over and is rescued in an amazing manner. | |
| 11. |
Tricksters Tricking Tricksters |
58 |
| Coyotes polish their skills by playing tricks on each other. | |
| 12. |
Coyote Takes Me to the Circle |
64 |
| I am honored with an invitation to the coyotes' storytelling circle to tell a story to them. A magic night. | |
| 13. |
Coyote Brags a Bit |
73 |
| We learn some more of the marvelous things that coyotes can do from Coyote himself. | |
| 14. |
Winter Solstice Celebrations |
77 |
| Each kind of critter at the ranch has their own traditions of solstice celebration. | |
| 15. |
Coyote Winter Solstice |
85 |
| A trucker gives the coyotes a new tradition. | |
| 16. |
Coyote's Dream |
89 |
| Maybe some dreams do come true, after all. | |
| Natural history, references, comments |
101 |
| ...and all that stuff that goes in the back, where you'll find material that I just had to tell you but that didn't fit in the story. | |
