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Ma'ii and Cousin Horned Toad
A Traditional Navajo Story
By Begay, Shonto
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-59045-391-2
- Publisher
- New York : Scholastic Inc., c1992.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 1992
Gr 2-5 Trickster coyote (Ma'ii) freeloads from his cousin Horned Toad, and rather than work off his debt, he ungratefully swallows the toad whole. Too late he realizes that he is a parasite's host himself. The latter half of the story details Ma'ii's unavailing efforts to eject toad (some of them quite painful to the coyote). Finally, toad wreaks havoc on Ma'ii's inside...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
