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BWdem4life

(1,814 posts) Mon Jan 9, 2023, 01:01 AM Jan 2023

Coyote reading a candy wrapper

Wenatchee, WA

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Coyote reading a candy wrapper (Original Post) BWdem4life Jan 2023 OP

Lol !! appalachiablue Jan 2023 #1

Why is he wearing a noose? Is there a plaque that explains that? Hekate Jan 2023 #2

... BWdem4life Jan 2023 #3

Ah, here it is... Coyote is one of my favorite mythological characters. Thanks... Hekate Jan 2023 #4

appalachiablue

(41,487 posts)

1. Lol !!

Reply to BWdem4life (Original post)

Mon Jan 9, 2023, 02:53 AM

Jan 2023

Hekate

(91,746 posts)

2. Why is he wearing a noose? Is there a plaque that explains that?

Reply to BWdem4life (Original post)

Mon Jan 9, 2023, 03:12 AM

Jan 2023

BWdem4life

(1,814 posts)

3. ...

Reply to Hekate (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 9, 2023, 03:14 AM

Jan 2023

https://www.wenatcheewa.gov/services/parks-recreation-and-cultural-services/public-art-collection/9-coyote-reading-a-candy-wrapper?locale=en

Hekate

(91,746 posts)

4. Ah, here it is... Coyote is one of my favorite mythological characters. Thanks...

Reply to BWdem4life (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 9, 2023, 03:18 AM

Jan 2023

Coyote is the consummate survivor, repeatedly escaping narrow misses that lead to disaster. The coyote in the original poem sniffs out and runs away from the jaws of cyanide-laced animal traps. Beyer’s version has Coyote breaking free from the hangman’s noose, another narrow miss.

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