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small patch. When the Kabbit knew that the Bear was near, he began 

 to make a pattering sound with his feet. This scared the Bear, who 

 retreated to a distance and then stopped and stood listening. As soon 

 as the Rabbit noticed this, he cried out, " Halloo! my friend, was it you 

 whom I treated in that manner? Come and take a seat." So the Bear 

 did as the Rabbit had requested and went to him. The Rabbit gave 

 the young canes to his guest, who soon swallowed all, while the Rabbit 

 himself ate but one; that is, the Rabbit minced now and then at one 

 piece of cane, while the Bear swallowed all the others. "This is what 

 I have always liked," said the Bear, just as he was departing. Said he 

 to the Rabbit, "Come and visit me. I dwell in a large bent tree." After 

 his departure, the Rabbit started on his journey. He spent some time 

 in seeking the large bent tree, but in vain, for the Bear was then in a 

 hollow tree, where he was growling. The Rabbit heard the growls, 

 and fled, going some distance before he sat down. Then said the Bear : 

 "Halloo! my friend, was that you whom I treated in that manner? 

 Come hither and sit down." So the Rabbit obeyed him. "You are 

 now my guest," said the Bear, "but there is nothing for you to eat." 

 So the Bear went in search of food. He went to gather young canes. 

 As he went along, he was eating the small black bugs which stay in 

 decayed logs. When he had been absent for some time, he returned to 

 his lodge with a very few young canes. He put them down before the 

 Rabbit and then walked round him in a circle. In a little while the Bear 

 said "Oh!" and turned back toward the Rabbit before whom he vom- 

 ited up the bugs which he had eaten. "Swallow this," said he to the 

 Rabbit. "I have never eaten such food," said the Rabbit. This 

 offended the Bear, who said, " When you entertained me, I ate all the 

 food which you gave me, as I liked it very well; but now that I give 

 you food, why do you treat me thus?" Then the Bear wished to kill 

 the Rabbit, to whom he said, " Before the sun moves [sets?] I shall kill 

 you and lay down your body." As he spoke, the Rabbit's heart was 

 beating from terror, for the Bear stood at the entrance of the hollow 

 tree in order to prevent the Rabbit's escape. But the Rabbit, who was 

 very active, managed to dodge and thus he got out of the hollow tree. 

 He went at once to the brier patch and took his seat, being very angry 

 with the Bear. Then he shouted to the Bear, " When they are hunting 

 you, I will go toward your place of concealment." For that reason it 

 has come to pass since that day that when dogs are hunting a rabbit, 

 they find a bear, which is shot by the hunter. After making his threat 

 to the Bear, the Rabbit departed for his home. The end. 



