How Silver-Fox Created the World: I think this was my favorite out of the creation stories. The best part was at the end when coyote was saying that there should be 10 moons for winter so that way he could eat, but silver-fox put his foot down and said that there will only be two moons for winter. All creation stories have common tropes and I've heard a lot of them, but this one was different enough from other creation stories that I was really into it when reading it.
How Beaver Stole Fire: In this story, pine trees has the secret of fire. It was so cold that the animals plotted to steal it so they wouldn't freeze to death at night. This story really captured me because it is not just about how eventually humans got fire, but it tells how the surrounding woods got so dense and why if you use certain trees, you can make fire.
Woodrat and Rabbits: At first I was a little weirded out by this story. Why would a woodrat want to fight and then kill a rabbit? Then I realized that once you got to the end of the story, the message in the story was very clear. To me the message was that the woodrats got what was coming to them because they sought out their end by doing what they did. I felt like this story was don't seek out violence (or anything bad) and not expect to pay the price.
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