“Why is it that your tail is so short and your ears are so long?” he asked.
“Every one in town wears something on his head. I wanted to be like the rest, and now I have long ears; but I have only a little ball of fur for a tail. It is all that was left when my ears were done.”
The marten ran to the tallest pine tree. He climbed up where he could see the white rabbit and then he screamed, “I do not believe one word!”
The little gray rabbits heard him and laughed with the squirrels.
Educated Maine Indian’s Story. [[264]]
XIII. HOW LIGHT, FIRE, AND WATER FIRST CAME TO THE WORLD
(1894)
long time ago the only place where light could be seen was in the teepee of one old chief.