At each song, Groundhog took another tree, getting closer and closer to his hole under a stump. At the seventh song, Groundhog said,
“Now this is the last dance. When I shout ‘Yu!’ all come after me. The one who gets me may have me.”
Then he sang a long time, until the Wolves were at quite a distance in a straight line. Then he shouted “Yu!” and darted for his hole.
At once the Wolves turned and were after him. The foremost Wolf caught his tail and gave it such a jerk he broke it off. That is why Groundhog has such a short tail.
THE RACOON
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ONE day Racoon went into the woods to fast and dream. He dreamed that someone said to him, “When you awaken, paint your face and body with bands of black and white. That will be your own.”
When Racoon awoke, he painted himself as he had been told to do. So we see him, even to the present day.