"I'll let you out of this cage," Man said to Fox, "if you tell Rabbit to come back here, or else."
"Or else what?" Fox asked.
"Or else you'll eat him!"
Fox went and found Rabbit.
"Man says you've got to go back in the cage," he said. "Or else!"
"Or else what?" Rabbit asked.
"Or else I'll eat you!"
"You don't want to eat me," Rabbit replied. "I'm too skinny. I'll show you where Goose sleeps. She's fat; you can eat her."
Then Rabbit led Fox to where Dog slept, and Dog chased Fox, howling OWOO-OWOO-OWOO.
Rabbit just laughed.
Inspired by: South Carolina Folk Tales. Bulletin of University of South Carolina (a WPA project).
Notes: This story is "Duh Rabbit, Fox, and Goose." The book provides detailed comparative notes for the different motifs combined in this story: False Message, Take My Place, and Bag of Troubles. You can read how Rabbit got caught in the garden here: Rabbit in the Garden, and how Fox took his place: Rabbit in the Cage. In the original story Rabbit promises Fox not just a Goose but also here five goslings, and instead he takes Fox to where Hound is sleeping with her five puppies.
Haha Fox is too gullible for words!
ReplyDeleteI wish you didn't make fun of gullible people QUITE so much mate
DeleteGullible people deserve everything that happens to them
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