Rabbit then had a long journey home by moonlight.
Suddenly... Tiger grabbed him. "That smells good!" Tiger growled. He ate the cheese. "Now I'll eat you!"
"Cheese tastes better!" Rabbit squeaked. "Don't you want more?"
"Yes!" Tiger shouted. "More cheese please!"
Rabbit took Tiger to the river, where the moon's reflection looked like cheese.
"It's deep in the water," Rabbit explained, "so you'll need some weights to pull you down." Rabbit tied stones to Tiger's feet and tail, and down Tiger sank, never to be seen again.
Inspired by: Young Brer Rabbit and Other Trickster Tales from the Americas by Jaqueline Shachter Weiss.
Inspired by: Young Brer Rabbit and Other Trickster Tales from the Americas by Jaqueline Shachter Weiss.
Notes: This story is on p. 42: "The Moon." Weiss notes that the story comes from Panama. In the original story, Tiger manages to not drown and yells at Rabbit, but I changed the ending.
It's lucky that Tiger was so gullible otherwise he wouldn't have drowned
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the character of Tiger was based on a human who was strong but gullible.
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