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Then Bear asked Buffalo if he could show just what he did when he was 
very angry or when he wanted to hurt or killanyone. Buffalo began 
to throw up the earth and strike the ground with his sharp horns. Bear 
sat watching him, and all at once, before he knew what had happened, 
he was falling to the ground and Buffalo was coming at him again. 
When he had fallen to the ground a second time Buffalo asked him if he 
saw him when he first started after him. ‘‘ No,’’ said Bear. ‘‘ Well,’’ 
said Buffalo, ‘‘I think you ought to show me how you use your powers 
when you get angry.’’ Bear began to go through his movement, and 
Buffalo sat watching him. Bear began to walk back and forth and look 
at Buffalo withangryeyes. Finally he began to move very slowly toward 
a small tree which was near by, and when he reached the tree he grabbed 
hold of it and with his sharp teeth cut it down. Before Buffalo knew 
what had happened Bear was upon him and he was trying to get up 
from the ground, but Bear held him down until he was ready to give 
up. Finally Bear let him go, saying, ‘‘ That is the way I do when I 
get very angry, but I would treat you worse than that if I wanted to 
kill you.’’ Bear and Buffalo parted and went to their homes. 
51. HOW RABBIT STOLE MOUNTAIN-LION’S TEETH.* 
One time when Rabbit’s grandmother had gone off and left him alone 
he decided to wander about and see what he couldsee. He went along 
until he came to the home of Mountain-Lion. Mountain-Lion was not 
at home, so Rabbit went in and hunted about. He finally found Moun- 
tain-Lion’s teeth and he took them and ran home with them. Hewas 
glad to find them, for the other animals were afraid of Mountain-Lion on 
account of hissharp teeth. Rabbit showed the teeth to his grandmother 
when he reached home, and said: ‘‘ Now, grandmother, Mountain-Lion 
will soon be after his teeth, and we must fool him some way or he will 
killus.’’ Rabbit thought for a while; then he said: ‘‘ Build a fire just 
outside the door, put a big kettle of water on the fire, and then put some 
stones into the water and boil them. When Mountain-Lion comes he 
will ask what you are going to do with those stones. Tell him that I 
have a guest in the lodge whois going toeat them. I will talk to myself 
in the lodge as though I were entertaining a friend, and when Moun- 
tain-Lion asks who my friend is, say ‘ Chief of all the beasts.’’’ The 
grandmother made a big fire and put the stones ontoboil. Finally they 
heard a big noise, and Mountain-Lion came tearing through the bushes 
and came straight to the old woman. He asked her if Rabbit was at 
home, and she told him that he was inside talking to his friend and guest. 
* Told by Wing. 
