His ears laid back against his skull, showing his displeasure without showing his teeth. He was trying to be polite. Despite the fact that the invader was not doing the same.
"Shiny and golden as you are," Coyote replied in his educational tone of voice, "did I insult you by asking if you are too tiny to be the sun? If you do not know what something is, that does not make it inferior to something you do know."
He sat down primly, curling his tail around to settle on his front paws and slowly let his ears relax to a more natural position. Then he said, "But you are new, and I am generous, so I will let you apologize. You should not make the same mistake with others. Some will not be as kind."