to draw ledger art, which was sold for the profit of their captors. Unfortunately, Coyote gets .
confused and the story has to start all over again. .
Ishmael is the next Indian to tell the story, who's protagonist is Changing Woman. She .
also falls out of the sky and lands on Old Coyote who is on Noah's "canoe". When Changing .
Woman apologizes to Old Coyote, Noah scolds her. "Why are you talking to the animals?. . This .
is a Christian ship. Animals don't talk. We got rules. . .This is a Christian ship, he shouts. I am a .
Christian man. This is a Christian journey. And if you can't follow our Christian rules, then .
you"re not wanted on the voyage." (145,148) In today's society anyone who is not a White .
Caucasian is, figuratively speaking, not wanted. Anyone who is outside of the norm when it .
comes to predominate society's beliefs, is in a sense, going against the "Christian rules". King .
mocks these rules, and therefore mocks Christianity. This excerpt also expresses how, even .
though animals are a very important part of Native Mythology, because they are not important to .
Christianity, they are devalued in all of society. .
Once again, the story get's mixed up, and has to be started over again. Robinson Crusoe .
is the next character to tell take his turn telling the story. His story features Thought Woman. .
Who floats around for a long time, and finally "winds up on a beach in Florida and pretty soon .
some soldiers with flowers in their hair come along and arrest her. . .Good grief, . . another .
Indian. And those soldiers with flowers in their hair take Thought Woman to Fort Marion." (324) .
Coyote once again gets confused with this, and asks that the story be started over one more time. .
Hawkeye tells the final version of the story, and when Coyote complains that he hasn't .
gotten his chance to tell the story it is explained to him that even thought it is a democracy he .
doesn't get a turn because "In a democracy, only people who can afford it get a turn.
