The Ravens looked down, and when they saw the Coyote they laughed and punched one another with their wings and cried out to him: “Bless you! Glad to see you come!”
“What is it you are doing?” asked he. “By the daylight of the gods, it is funny, whatever it is!” And he whisked his tail and laughed, as he said this, drawing nearer to the Ravens.
“Why, we are racing our eyes,” said the older of the two Ravens. “Didn’t you ever see anyone race his eyes before?”
“Good demons, no!” exclaimed the Coyote. “Race your eyes! How in the world do you race your eyes?”
“Why, this way,” said one of the Ravens. And he settled himself down. “Do you see that tall rock yonder? Ahem! Well, tall rock, yonder,—ye my eyes go round it and return to me!” K’othlo! k’othlo! the eyes slipped out of their sockets, and the Raven, holding his head perfectly still, waited, with his upper lids hanging wrinkled on his lower, for the return of the eyes; and as they neared him, he crouched down, swelled up his neck, and exclaimed “Whu-u-u-u-u-u-u.” Tsoko! the eyes flew into their sockets again. Then the Raven turned around and showed his two black bright eyes as good as ever. “There, now! what did I tell you?”
“By the moon!” squeaked the Coyote, and came up nearer still. “How in the world do you do that? It is one of the most wonderful and funny things I ever saw!”
“Well, here, come up close to me,” said the Raven, “and I will show you how it is done.” Then the other Raven settled himself down; and pop! went his eyes out of their sockets, round a rock still farther away. And as they returned, he exclaimed “Whu-u-u-u-u-u-u,” when tsoko! in again they came. And he turned around laughing at the Coyote. “There, now!” said he, “didn’t I tell you?”
“By the daylight of the gods! I wish I could do that,” said the Coyote. “Suppose I try my eyes?”
“Why, yes, if you like, to be sure!” said the Ravens. “Well, now, do you want to try?”
“Humph! I should say I did,” replied the Coyote.