BRITISH NORTH AMERICA
RABBIT AND FROG
Eastern Eskimo
ONE day Rabbit wandered over the hillside, and came near an Indian wigwam. Now Rabbit was very timid. He crept close to the lodge and peered through a small hole. There was Frog, sitting near the fire.
"Brother," said Rabbit, "what are you doing?"
"I am playing with the ashes," said Frog.
"Come live with me," said Rabbit.
Frog said, "I have a lame leg. That is why I am sitting here while my brothers are out hunting."
Rabbit went into the lodge and tossed Frog on his back. "This is the way I will carry you," he said.
When Rabbit reached home, he went out to hunt for food. Suddenly he spied smoke curling up from among the willows along the river bank. Rabbit became frightened, and started home, exclaiming, "I have forgotten my crooked knife! I must go quickly and get it." Rabbit rushed home and dashed excitedly into his lodge. He exclaimed, "I have forgotten my crooked knife! I came home to get it."
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