CHARACTERS
| Kai | Rabbit (Jack) |
| Góshgoise | Rabbit (Small) |
| Natanatas |
Kai and his little brother, Góshgoise, went to Natanatas’ house. Kai wanted to marry Natanatas’ daughter. He left Góshgoise outside. Old woman Natanatas gave Góshgoise seeds and roots, but he wouldn’t eat them.
“What does Góshgoise eat?” she asked.
“He likes the tips of grass and of weeds,” said Kai. She gathered some and gave them to him; then he ate.
Old man Natanatas thought: “My sons want something to eat. I don’t like this man Kai; I will kill him, and they can eat him.” He knew that Kai didn’t eat fish and never went to catch them; but he said: “Sometimes I get so many fish that I can’t make the canoe go; the net is too heavy. I want you to come and help me.”
Kai went with his father-in-law; he didn’t like to refuse. When they got to the lake, Natanatas said: “Get into the canoe; I fish out in the lake.”
When they were in the middle of the lake, the old man said: “I feel tired. We will sleep a little while; then we will feel better and can work.”
Natanatas lay down in one end of the canoe and Kai in the other. Kai slept a long time; when he woke up, he shook the old man, and said: “Here, old man, wake up; the wind blows. We are going to get tipped over and drowned.”
Natanatas pretended to be asleep, but he was making the wind blow; he wanted to tip the canoe over and drown Kai.