another jump. Imt fell over on the ground,
crying ml, mi. mi, mi. as the Rabbit does ever since when he is too tired
to run any more. The race was given to the Terrapin and all the ani-
mal- wondered how he could win against the Rabbit, hut he kept still
and never told. It was easy enough, however, because all the Terra
pin's friends looked just alike, and he had simply posted one near the
toji of each ridge to wait until the Rabbit came in sight and then climb
over and hide in the long grass. When the Rabbit came on he could
not find the Terrapin and so thought the Terrapin was ahead, and if he
had met one of the other terrapins he would have thought it the same
one because they looked.soto scar • the thief. That
night the Rabbit came, as he had been coming every night, to drink
enough to last him all next day. He saw the queer black thing by the
well and said. "Who's there?" but the tar wolf said nothing. He
came nearer, but the wolf never moved, so he grew braver and said,
"Get out of my way or I'll strike you." Still the wolf never moved
and the Rabbit came up and struck it with his paw, but the gum held
his foot and it stuck fast. Now he was angry and said, "Let mo
go or I'll kick you." Still the wolf said nothing. Then the Rabbit
struck again with his hind foot, so hard that it was caught in the gum
and he could not move, and there he