Fable – The Coyote and the Roadrunner

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The Coyote and the Roadrunner Once in the American Sonoran Desert, side by side, lived Sneaky the Coyote and Speedy the Roadrunner. Sneaky and Speedy were pretty much always at odds with one another. Sneaky would hide behind cactus plants and try to creep up on Speedy, but Speedy would always spot Sneaky's nose or his bushy tail sticking out from behind the cactus and Speedy would run away faster than lightning can zap down from a thundercloud. The two kept this behavior going year after year. Eventually, the two aged into geriatricity. Now, fat and his hair, white, Sneaky no longer fit very securely behind even the largest cactus plant. With his knees giving out, Speedy could no longer run like a lightning bolt. The two finally decided that it might be time to strike a truce with one another. They met at the dry waterhole for their peace conference. Both agreed to have Hooty, the desert owl, as their conference moderator. The peace session proceeded along usual lines. That is, Speedy said one thing. Sneaky objected to what Speedy said. Then Sneaky put forth a statement. Speedy fussed about what he claimed was all lying and blustering by Sneaky. So went the peace conference far into the late hours. When darkness fell, Hooty, the owl, got hungry and excused himself to go forth and hunt some tasty mice for his supper. When he returned after his supper, Hooty found Sneaky and Speedy curled up together, zonked out and fast asleep from conference exhaustion. Declaring the peace conference a grand success and at a happy close, Hooty flapped his silent wings and away he went to his perch atop a giant saguaro cactus. Moral: Constant war is so bred into the genes that ending wars is usually but a dream. * * * * * * * * * * Image source: MorgueFile dot com - Collage Gus Kilthau * * * * * * * * * *