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this place the birds carry the four-footed animals. The rabbit there- 
fore proposed to the hawk that they should go up and amuse them- 
selves until the cow returned, and to this plan he consented, only 
stipulating that they should first dress themselves nicely, and 
perfume themselves well, in order to be received with joy and to 
find mates quickly amidst the merrymakers above, and he asked 
the rabbit to prepare him a nice scent. The latter, however, 
prepared him a kind that smelt exactly like the ‘kurkinja’ (a 
small animal that lives in holes in the ground, and whose smell 
is very much disliked by the Fors). This scent the hawk 
placed upon some glowing embers, and fluttered about in the 
smoke until he was thoroughly perfumed. He then took the 
rabbit on his back and flew up to the animal’s paradise. After 
they had been there some little time and had become acquainted 
with the denizens of the country, the rabbit requested permission to 
sing a song. On this being accorded him he procured a drum, and 
began to sing — ‘ Oh! the hawk stinks like a kurkinja! Oh ! the hawk 
stinks like a kurkinja!’ at which everyone laughed, and cried out — 
‘Yes, yes, he does.’ This much enraged the hawk, who flew away. 
As soon as the rabbit had made sure that he had really gone, he 
asked his new friends to make a long rope and to let him down to 
earth again. This they did, and lie told them that directly he shook the 
rope they were to let it go. But he mistook his distance and shook 
it too soon, by which he got a good fall, and coming in contact with 
a thorn bush a thorn went right through one of his ears. The 
rabbit was very angry at this, but the thorn bush said — ‘ Never 
mind,’ and gave him some gum, whereat he went away. He soon 
found a bird sitting on a nest of eggs, and gave her the gum, whicn. 
she ate ; his anger was aroused again, and to appease him she gave 
him an egg. He then soon came up to a group of boys taking care 
of some sheep, and gave them the egg to look at, which they dropped 
down and broke. Once more he was very angry and demanded a 
sheep, which he got ; and this he drove before him until he came to 
a village where the people had many cattle. He showed them the 
sheep and they killed and ate it, he partaking of the meal. After 
they had finished, and all had washed their hands, he told them 
that he must have a cow in exchange for his sheep. This they 
refused, but he made such a noise that at last they made him a 
