rabbit (legendary character)

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rabbit (legendary character)

Rabbit and the bears

Bored on a fall afternoon, Rabbit accompanies Bear when he sets off for the mountain where all the bears spend the winter in hibernation.
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Rabbit and the wolves

A blend of two Cherokee folktales, in which the Cherokee trickser rabbit Ji-Stu journeys to a treacherous forest in a strange land, hoping to be transformed into a singer even better than Redbird.
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Chukfi Rabbit's big, bad bellyache

a trickster tale
2014
Bear, Turtle, Fox, and Beaver agree to build Ms. Possum a new house, but Chukfi Rabbit says he is too busy to help until he hears there will be a Chocktaw feast afterwards and helps himself to a treat while the work is being done.

Rabbit

American Indian legends
1996
A collection of traditional tales about the Native American character known as Rabbit.

El cuento del conejo y el coyote

1998
Rabbit outwits Coyote in this Zapotec tale which explains why coyotes howl at the moon.

How rabbit lost his tail

a traditional Cherokee legend
2003
When Rabbit becomes jealous of Otter's beautiful coat, which causes his own beautiful tail to be ignored, he plots to steal the coat and become popular again.

Rabbit wishes

1995
Presents an Afro-Cuban folk tale which explains why rabbits have long ears.

Rabbit and the moon

2001
Crane helps Rabbit fulfill his dream of riding across the sky to the moon.

How Rabbit tricked Otter and other Cherokee trickster stories

2003
Fifteen traditional tales follow the adventures of Rabbit, the Cherokee trickster.

Rabbit and the well

2008
Faced with a terrible drought, the forest animals must find a new source of water, and Ji Stu, the rabbit, suggests they dig a well; however, when the well is complete, the animals do not think he should have any water because he did not help with the digging.

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