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Key words£ºrabbit£¬escape£¬animal,
sandal,
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Genre£ºfolklore |
Topic£ºwittiness |
Words:340 |
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"All right," said the rabbit.
"I'm coming out now.
Please catch my sandal, I beg you." |
The rabbit throws out his
sandal
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Author£ºFernando
Peñalosa |
Source£ºwww.folkart.com
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Nation£ºQ'anjob'al
Maya |
Date£º2008-8-13 |
(Rabbit outwits animals)
The rabbit was in the cave that
was the abode of all the animals: the snake, the turkey vulture,
the buzzard, the deer, the lion, the skunk and the coyote. They
began to get together there to discuss how they could kill the
rabbit mayor (the rabbit is often called the "mayor".)
But the rabbit mayor was very
clever and was looking for a way to escape. They began to keep
watch on him in that house because they intended to kill him,
but they were not able to kill him as they had planned. They had
wanted to smash him to pieces.
"Make him come out so that he
will die right now. Don't let him escape; that good-for-nothing
mayor has deceived us too many times. Well, now he's surely
going to be finished, we're going to finish him off. Be on your
guard and don't let him get away. When he comes out of the cave
we're going to smash him to pieces, for there's a lot of us.
Pity him. Compared to all of us, he's nothing. We are many
against one. I hope now he's going to pay for all the crimes he
has committed against us. That's why he must to die now. You,
turkey vulture, go and watch for him to come out, and you deer,
go right after him. Since you can run as fast as the mayor,
you'll be able to catch up with him. Be on guard, all of you."
"All right," they said.
"Snake, you look to see when he
comes out, and we'll all pile on top of him. You snake, call
him."
"Come on out, hurry," said the
townspeople.
"Wait," said the rabbit, "I'm
taking off my sandal."
"But hurry," said the snake.
"Wait, I'm coming out. Wait for
me there, I'm coming out."
"Well, hurry," said the
townspeople.
"Come on out," the snake said to
the rabbit.
"I'm coming out. Wait," said the
rabbit.
"Well, hurry," said the
townspeople.
"All right," said the rabbit.
"I'm coming out now. Please catch my sandal, I beg you."
The townspeople answered: "Catch
his sandal, throw it over there. It's not as if it were your
father's sandal, that you're obliged to carry it."
"All right, mayor. Throw out your
sandal." And the turkey vulture caught the sandal. He gave it to
the deer and the deer threw it away, as they thought that it was
the rabbit's sandal. They were all shouting in the cave. They
didn't know it was the mayor they had thrown away.
"Come on out," shouted the snake
into the cave, "come out right away." When they realized that he
wasn't answering them they were sad. They sent the snake into
the cave and the snake shouted: "He's not here, he's not here."
"Throw it far away."
"He's not here, he's not here. He
came out," said the snake. "
He's not here. Maybe it was him
we threw."
"Did you notice if it was his
sandal that you threw away?" the lion asked the deer.
"Come on out, snake."
"All right." The snake came out.
Afterwards they began to kill
each other on account of the mayor rabbit. He managed to go
free, and when he was far away he laughed at them: "Some day
you'll pay for the crimes you committed against me, the mayor.
You wanted to kill me, but you weren't able to. Just wait and
see what's going to happen to you later on."
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Discussion£º
1. Why did the animals
intend to kill the rabbit mayor?
2. How did the rabbit
escape?
3. What was the thing the
animals threw away?
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