Lion Visits Rabbit

Lion needed pepper to cook the cow-tail, so he went to see Rabbit. But before he could even ask for pepper, he smelled the beef cooking and heard Rabbit singing, "I've got cow-cow-cow, and Lion's got the taily-tail."

Lion roared and grabbed Rabbit by the throat.

"I'm going to tear off your ears!"

"Go ahead," said Rabbit. "They're too long anyway."

"I'm going to barbecue you!"

"Please do," said Rabbit. "That's fine! Just don't throw me in that briar-patch."

Lion threw Rabbit into the briar-patch.

Rabbit scampered off laughing, "Don't you know I was born and bred in the briar-patch?"

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Inspired by: Storytellers: Folktales and Legends from the South, edited by John Burrison.
Notes: This is the second part of the story is "Brother Rabbit, Brother Lion, and the Cow." For the first part, see: Lion and Rabbit Kill a Cow.