"The Cowboy, Black Man, and the Native American" THERE WERE THESE THREE MEN, A COWBOY, AN AFRICAN AMERICAN, AND A NATIVE AMERICAN. THEY ALL HAVE BEEN SUMMONED TO A CERTAIN CLIFF BY GOD. THEY ALL MEET, AND GOD APPEARS IN THE SHAPE OF CLOUDS. HE SAYS TO THEM, "STEP FORTH NATIVE AMERICAN," SO HE STEPS UP AND SAYS, "YES FATHER, WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DISPLEASE YOU?" GOD SAYS, "YOU HAVE MURDERED TOO MANY PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFETIME, SO I WILL GRANT YOU THIS ONE WISH, IF YOU JUMP OFF THIS CLIFF, AND SHOUT THE NAME OF THE ANIMAL YOU WISH TO BE, I WILL REINCARNATE YOU INTO THE SPECIFIC ANIMAL AND GIVE YOU ETERNAL LIFE." , SO THE NATIVE AMERICAN JUMPS OFF THE CLIFF AND SHOUTS," I WANT TO BE AN EAGLE!" ONE SECOND LATER, AN EAGLE GLIDES AWAY INTO THE BLUE HORIZON. NEXT WAS THE BLACK MAN. GOD SAYS, " YOU HAVE MURDERED TOO MANY PEOPLE IN YOU LIFE, SO I WILL GRANT YOU THIS ONE WISH, IF YOU JUMP OFF THIS CLIFF, AND SHOUT THE NAME OF THE ANIMAL YOU WIS