Opossum was very proud of his tail. "I alone have a big bushy tail!" he said. "Squirrel's tail is nice, but mine is bigger! Mine is bushier!"
Then Opossum went to sleep inside his hole.
He left his tail sticking outside.
Snail ate all the hair on his tail!
When Opossum came out, he turned around to admire his tail... but his tail hair was all gone.
Opossum was so ashamed he hid for a year inside his hole. Even now when he comes out, he hangs his head in shame.
That is how Opossum got the name Depetustre: Ancient-One-No-Tail.
This is a story told by Margaret Brown as recorded in Catawba Texts:
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