The next night the rabbit came as usual after her
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* Who’s there? ” Receiving no answer, she repeated her question, andsaid she would kick the tar wolf if he did not reply. Again she received no answer. So she kicked the tarwolf, and her foot was caught fast in the tar. When the fox and the wolf found her there, theytalked over different ways of punishing her. One ofthem said to cut off her head. 33 THE RABBLT AND THE DAR Y OLn This, said the rabbit, would-be of no use, as it hadoften been tried without hurting her. Other ways of getting rid of her were suggested, allof which she said would be useless. At last it was planned to let her loose to perish in athicket. Upon this the rabbit seemed worried andbegged hard for her life. Her enemies refused to listen and she was let loose. As soon, however, as she was out of reach of herenemies, she gave a whoop and bounded away, shout-ing: “* This is where I live.” 34 CT Te a cee ee When you hear the hunter coming down the creek,then—Upstream, upstream, you must go, upstream, upstream, you must go.* THE MOTHER BEAR’S SONG
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