During a ride on the river in a canoe, Yakari and his friends Rainbow and Buffalo Seed spot a father coyote teaching his cubs an important technique.
Yakari is impressed, on a canoe trip with Little Bigshot, when he meets a thievish and resourceful coyote and his cubs, who learn playing dead. The prairie canine show the knaves that wit often outweighs brute predator force, even helps them elude a puma who trapped Litle Bigshot.—KGF Vissers
After repairing a broken canoe Linden gave him, Yakari with his friends Rainbow and Buffalo Seed take it for a ride on the river. Soon, the friends will spot a father coyote teaching his cubs the important technique of playing dead, which is useful when trying to escape a predator. However, when Buffalo Seed gets trapped, perhaps this life-saving method may come in handy.—Nick Riganas