"All the trees know me," said Hare. "They are my friends. They will not kill me. They are my food." Coyote thought a minute. Then he said, "I will bring the gum of the pinon and set fire to that."
Hare said, "Now I am afraid. I do not eat that. It is not my friend."
Coyote rejoiced that he had thought of a plan for getting the hare. He hurried and brought all the gum he could carry and placed it at the door of Hare's house and set fire to it. In a short time the gum boiled like hot grease, and Hare cried,
"Now I know I shall die! What shall I do?" Yet all the time he knew what he would do.
But Coyote was glad Hare was afraid. After a while Hare called, "The fire is entering my house," and Coyote answered, "'Blow it out!"
But Coyote drew nearer and blew with all his might to blow the flame into Hare's house
Hare cried, "You are so close you are blowing the fire on me and I will soon be burned."
Coyote was so happy that he drew closer and blew harder, and drew still closer so that his face was very close to Hare's face. Then Hare suddenly threw the boiling gum into Coyote's face and escaped from his house.
It took Coyote a long time to remove the gum from his face, and he felt very sorrowful. He said, "I am very, very stupid."