Duvall, Deborah L.

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Rabbit goes duck hunting

a traditional Cherokee legend
Rabbit's attempts to show off for his friend, Otter, lead him into trouble when he lassos a giant wood duck that flies off with Rabbit still hanging on to the rope.

How medicine came to the people

a tale of the ancient Cherokees
When humans begin to hunt animals, the animals hold councils and decided to protect themselves by harming the people, but the plants, knowing that people took care of them, find a way to help.

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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The opossum's tale

a grandmother story
2005
Presents an ancient Cherokee tale that explains the unusual behavior of the opossum, and tells the story of Si-qua the Opossum who brags constantly about his tail until his neighbors can no longer stand it.

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 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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