Jaguar started pulling weeds, and she just had to stop and scratch.
Armadillo also scratched.
Monkey too.
Then Rabbit started weeding. "Remind me," Rabbit said, "does that ox have a spot here?" Rabbit pointed to his shoulder. "Or here?" He pointed to his belly... but really he was scratching!
"He's got a spot there," Man said. "And there."
Rabbit kept pointing as he weeded the field, and Man had to give him the ox.
Inspired by: Young Brer Rabbit and Other Trickster Tales from the Americas by Jaqueline Shachter Weiss.
Notes: This story is on p. 20: "Weeds/" Weiss notes that the story comes from Brazil; compare Anansi and the cow-itch: Anansi and the Spotted Cow.
So he was scratching, but was making it look like he wasn't. That's a great way of winning the bet, Well done Rabbit, you're so cunning!
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