Post by Okwes on Apr 9, 2008 17:23:49 GMT -5
Frog and Rabbit - Cree
Once, Rabbit lived with Frog. Rabbit ran around hunting. He found a beaver
lodge along a creek. He thought it was an evil cannibal emerging from the
snow. Rabbit was really terrified. He ran home very frightened. Frog said to
Rabbit, "Are you out of your mind? It was probably just a beaver lodge." She
told him, "Let's go over there." She told him to take his ice chisel along.
They left.
Here was a beaver lodge standing there. Frog told her husband, "Let's try to
kill the beavers." She told him, "Make a hole in the ice there." Rabbit
chiseled a hole in the ice. Frog ordered Rabbit to scoop out all the ice
from the hole. Frog ran towards the hole and jumped in. Rabbit stood there
and waited.
Frog surfaced and said, "Break open your beaver lodge now." Rabbit broke
open the lodge. Here were all the beaver that were in the lodge that she had
killed. Both Frog and Rabbit dragged their beaver's home.
Rabbit skinned the beaver and cooked them. After he had cooked them, he ate.
Rabbit didn't give any of the beaver meat to his wife, Frog. She told him,
"Feed me." He didn't. Frog got annoyed and threatened him by saying, "Hey,
I'm going to tell Owl that you're not feeding me." Rabbit still didn't feed
Frog. Frog got angry and said, "Owl, Rabbit isn't feeding me his beavers."
They could hear Owl hooting. Now, Rabbit was really frightened. He gave Frog
the beaver meat she was asking for. She said, "Owl, it's OK. He is feeding
me now."
After living together for a while, I guess they finished off eating their
beavers. Rabbit went to look for food again. He saw the large tracks of
someone. He was really frightened again. Rabbit ran home. That is also why a
rabbit is very cowardly today. He said, "I have seen the large tracks of
someone." Frog said, "It must be a moose because I had heard that a moose is
walking around." She must have heard that a moose was walking around. She
said, "Let's go track it." They left.
It was the tracks of a moose. They tracked the moose. Then they reached it
standing there. Frog and Rabbit creeped towards the moose. Frog told Rabbit,
"Stand here." Frog approached the moose. When she got close to it, she
burrowed into the snow. She emerged at the leg of the moose. She carefully
climbed up the leg and entered into the anus of the moose. She went to the
heart of the moose and that was where she started biting and chewing at the
heart.
Rabbit was just watching the moose standing there. Then the moose, who just
stood there not noticing anything, suddenly collapsed. Rabbit just stood
there. Then Frog emerged from the nostril of the moose. They butchered it
and took all the meat home. They had plenty of food.
Then one night, they heard a cannibal screaming. They could hear the evil
being coming closer. Then it reached them. Rabbit jumped into the food that
was on the platform. That was where he hid. Frog jumped into the pot of
blood. The evil cannibal barged into their lodge and began eating their
food. Then Frog heard the cannibal enjoying itself as it ate her husband,
Rabbit. The cannibal ate Rabbit.
The monstrous cannibal turned over the pot of blood where Frog had jumped
in. She burrowed into the boughs and burrowed into the ground. The evil
creature didn't find out about her. It didn't know where she was. Frog
couldn't be killed. That is how long the legend is.
Told by Florrie Mark-Stewart Eastmain
www.creeculture.ca/e/traditional/frogandrabbit.html
Once, Rabbit lived with Frog. Rabbit ran around hunting. He found a beaver
lodge along a creek. He thought it was an evil cannibal emerging from the
snow. Rabbit was really terrified. He ran home very frightened. Frog said to
Rabbit, "Are you out of your mind? It was probably just a beaver lodge." She
told him, "Let's go over there." She told him to take his ice chisel along.
They left.
Here was a beaver lodge standing there. Frog told her husband, "Let's try to
kill the beavers." She told him, "Make a hole in the ice there." Rabbit
chiseled a hole in the ice. Frog ordered Rabbit to scoop out all the ice
from the hole. Frog ran towards the hole and jumped in. Rabbit stood there
and waited.
Frog surfaced and said, "Break open your beaver lodge now." Rabbit broke
open the lodge. Here were all the beaver that were in the lodge that she had
killed. Both Frog and Rabbit dragged their beaver's home.
Rabbit skinned the beaver and cooked them. After he had cooked them, he ate.
Rabbit didn't give any of the beaver meat to his wife, Frog. She told him,
"Feed me." He didn't. Frog got annoyed and threatened him by saying, "Hey,
I'm going to tell Owl that you're not feeding me." Rabbit still didn't feed
Frog. Frog got angry and said, "Owl, Rabbit isn't feeding me his beavers."
They could hear Owl hooting. Now, Rabbit was really frightened. He gave Frog
the beaver meat she was asking for. She said, "Owl, it's OK. He is feeding
me now."
After living together for a while, I guess they finished off eating their
beavers. Rabbit went to look for food again. He saw the large tracks of
someone. He was really frightened again. Rabbit ran home. That is also why a
rabbit is very cowardly today. He said, "I have seen the large tracks of
someone." Frog said, "It must be a moose because I had heard that a moose is
walking around." She must have heard that a moose was walking around. She
said, "Let's go track it." They left.
It was the tracks of a moose. They tracked the moose. Then they reached it
standing there. Frog and Rabbit creeped towards the moose. Frog told Rabbit,
"Stand here." Frog approached the moose. When she got close to it, she
burrowed into the snow. She emerged at the leg of the moose. She carefully
climbed up the leg and entered into the anus of the moose. She went to the
heart of the moose and that was where she started biting and chewing at the
heart.
Rabbit was just watching the moose standing there. Then the moose, who just
stood there not noticing anything, suddenly collapsed. Rabbit just stood
there. Then Frog emerged from the nostril of the moose. They butchered it
and took all the meat home. They had plenty of food.
Then one night, they heard a cannibal screaming. They could hear the evil
being coming closer. Then it reached them. Rabbit jumped into the food that
was on the platform. That was where he hid. Frog jumped into the pot of
blood. The evil cannibal barged into their lodge and began eating their
food. Then Frog heard the cannibal enjoying itself as it ate her husband,
Rabbit. The cannibal ate Rabbit.
The monstrous cannibal turned over the pot of blood where Frog had jumped
in. She burrowed into the boughs and burrowed into the ground. The evil
creature didn't find out about her. It didn't know where she was. Frog
couldn't be killed. That is how long the legend is.
Told by Florrie Mark-Stewart Eastmain
www.creeculture.ca/e/traditional/frogandrabbit.html