Coyote stood as far off as he could and placed the pollen on the snake's head.
The snake said, "Come nearer and put enough on my head so that I may find it."
Coyote was very much afraid, but after a while he came nearer and did as he was told.
Then the snake went away, saying,
"Companion, to-morrow you come to my house."
"All right," said Coyote. "To-morrow I will come."
Coyote sat down and thought about the morrow. He thought a good deal about what the snake might do. So he made a small rattle by placing tiny pebbles in a gourd and fastened it to the end of his tail. He shook it a while and was much pleased with it.
The next morning he started for the snake's house. He shook the rattle on the end of his tail and smiled, and said to himself,
"This is good. When I go into Rattlesnake's house, he will be very much afraid of me."
Coyote did not walk into Snake's house, but moved like a snake. But Coyote could not shake his rattle as the snake shook his. He had to hold it in his hand. But when he shook his rattle, the snake seemed much afraid, and said,