It was pouring, and Rabbit needed shelter from the rain.
The nearest house belonged to Wolf, and Rabbit ran straight there.
Unfortunately, Wolf was home, sitting on his porch, playing the fiddle. His eyes were closed.
Rabbit crept inside Wolf's house, glad to be out of the rain.
But Wolf heard Rabbit's footsteps. He smiled and started singing, "Rain sent me meat, sent rabbit to eat!"
"Uh-oh!" thought Rabbit.
Wolf kept singing. "Rabbit to eat, to eat, oh!"
Rabbit dug a hole. Before he escaped through the hole, Rabbit sang his song: "Rain always stops someday; Rabbit always gets away."
Inspired by: Negro Myths from the Georgia Coast by Charles C. Jones.
Notes: This story is "Buh Wolf, Buh Rabbit, and the Rain."
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