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How Coyote Lost the Moon

Coyote gambles the moon away in a game of bones — and the nights have been dark half the month ever since.

A blind weaver maps the whole sky in thread, and the sky, flattered, teaches her its oldest song.

A drowned fisherman still walks the cliffs with a green lantern, guiding home the boats that once left him behind.

An old shapeshifting badger plays one final prank — becoming a temple bell so he can hear the village pray.

A hearth-serpent no longer than an arm that hoards warmth and sulks when a home grows cold.

A water-spirit that plays a fiddle so beautiful the current forgets to breathe — and so do listeners.