Why Otter Swims In the River
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retold by Faolan, Chris, Juanita, Marcelina, Justin, Kaila, Jordan, Edna, Chris, Ashley, Megan, Nalisha, Kyle, Amber, Lynsey, Ellisa, Brandon, Quentin In the woods a long time ago, there were animals. They were going to have a contest to see who had the prettiest coat. The other animals told Rabbit to go get Otter. They wanted Otter to come because they knew that he had the prettiest coat. It was pretty. It was big and thick and long. Rabbit was jealous of Otter’s coat. Rabbit had a 4 day travel. Rabbit met Otter and said, “The animals want you to come to the Council.” |
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They
made a camp. After they made the camp, Rabbit made a paddle.
Otter wondered why Rabbit was making the paddle. Rabbit
said he would have good dreams if he slept with a paddle under
his pillow. Rabbit said to stay close to the water.
Rabbit told Otter when he hollers to jump in the river cause it’s
going to rain fire. Rabbit said, “Otter, hang up your coat
because the fire might burn a hole in it.” Rabbit said,
“It rains fire sometimes and it looks like it’s going to tonight.”
Rabbit waited until the fire burned down and he got the paddle
and filled it with coals and threw them up in the air. Rabbit
hollered, “It’s raining fire!”
Otter jumped up and ran in the river. Rabbit ran away with Otter’s coat. Otter was in the river, swimming. Otter likes to swim. Rabbit went off with Otter’s coat and went to the Grand Council. He put his paw over his nose because he had a split in his nose. Otter doesn’t have a split nose. Bear knew something suspicious was going on there. Bear knew Otter because he was his friend. Bear danced over to Otter, but it wasn’t really Otter. It was Rabbit. When Bear danced over to Otter, he knocked the paw off and they saw that he had a split nose. All the animals were mad at Rabbit. Rabbit ran. Bear grabbed him and yanked off his tail. Bear took Otter’s coat back. Bear took Otter’s coat to Otter, but when Bear was trying to give it to Otter, he didn’t want it because he had learned how to swim. Bear took the coat and hung it in the council for a little while to honor Otter. That’s why Rabbit has a little cotton tail. That’s why Otter swims in the water. |
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