Once upon a time there lived as neighbours,
a bear and a rabbit. The rabbit was a good shot and the bear, being very clumsy, could
not use an arrow to a good advantage.
The bear was very unkind to the rabbit.
Every morning, the bear would call over to the rabbit and ask the rabbit
to take his bow and arrows and come with the bear to the other side of the hill.
The rabbit, fearing to arouse the bear’s
anger by refusing, consented and went with the bear. The rabbit shot enough
buffalo to satisfy the bear’s family. Indeed, he shot and killed so many
that there was still lots of meat left after the bear and his family had
loaded themselves and packed all they could carry home.
However, the bear was so greedy and evil
that he didn’t allow the rabbit to get any of the meat. The poor rabbit could
not even taste the blood from the butchering, as the bear would throw
earth on the blood and dry it up. The poor rabbit would have to go home hungry after
his hard day’s work.
The bear was the father of five children.
The youngest boy was very kind to the rabbit. Knowing that the youngest boy was a very hearty eater,
the mother bear always gave him an extra large piece of meat. Instead of eating
this extra meat, the youngest bear would take the meat outside and
pretend to play ball with it, kicking it toward the rabbit’s house, and
when he got close to the door he would give the meat such a great
kick that it would fly into the rabbit’s house. In this way the poor rabbit
would get his meal unknown to the papa bear.
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