"I'm not very tasty," said Rabbit. "I'll show you how to get fresh fish. Very tasty!"
"Show me!" said Fox.
Rabbit took off his shoe and threw it on the road. Bear came along with his fish-cart, saw the shoe, and kept going. Then Rabbit ran ahead and threw his other shoe on the road. Bear saw it, put down his cart, went back for the first shoe.
When he returned, no more fish! And no more shoe!
For the price of a shoe, Rabbit saved his life and enjoyed a find dinner with Fox.
Inspired by: Terrapin's Pot of Sense by Harold Courlander.
Notes: This "Buh Fox's Number Nine Shoes" (p. 37). In the original story, Fox has Rabbit trapped in a long; Rabbit says there's plenty of greens in the log to keep him going, so he can just outwait Fox, and Fox gets frustrated. There's a second part to the story here: Fox's Shoes.
Bear didn't deserve to keep his fish if he fell for that!
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