Coyote Stoles Fire

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Imagine a coyote being so arrogant and cocky to cheat to win a game as to a cat lying and threatning pepole to get himself and his master to fame.In the storie of “Coyote Steals Fire” coyote cheats and takes thunders points away when he isnt looking; as to the story of “master cat” where he threatens the pepoles land and the pepoles lives. In “Coyote Steals Fire” coyote cheats his way to earn fire for resource throughout the world. In “Master Cat” the cat avoids being eaten by the miller's son by hunting prey and earning fame. The trickster tales “Coyote Steals Fire” and “Master Cat” both contain similarities and differences.
There are a lot of similarities in “Coyote Steals Fire” and “Master Cat”. The first similarity in “Coyote steals fire”
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