human
I don't need to dig for water. The dew on the grass is enough for me.
gpt
That tricky Rabbit steals our water at night, so they made a wolf of pine gum and tar and set it up by the well to scare 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,
human
Who's there?
gpt
Get out of my way or I will kick you. Still the wolf never moved and the Rabbit came up and struck it with its front foot, but the tar held it fast. Now he was angry and said:
human
Turn my foot loose, or I will strike you with my other front foot ; still the wolf said nothing. Then the Rabbit struck the wolf with his other foot, and it stuck, and the Rabbit said,
gpt
Turn my foot loose or I will kick you, and still the wolf was silent, and then the rabbit kicked with his right hind foot so hard that it stuck, and still the wolf said nothing; and the Rabbit said,
human
If you don't turn my foot loose, I will kick you with my left hind foot, which never fails to accomplish what I want it to do
gpt
If you don't turn me loose I will butt you with all my might,
human
Please do cut my head off, for it is such an easy death to die, but this aroused the suspicion of the animals, so that the fox said,
gpt
No, we will not do this for he deserves a harsher death than this, whereupon they all agreed. Then the Wolf suggested that they burn him alive, to which the Rabbit said,
human
Please Mr. Wolf, have me burned, for that will be so easy, but this did not please the audience, and another suggested that they take him to the briar patch, and throw him into the thickest part of the sharp briars to scratch him to pieces, to which the Rabbit said,
gpt
Oh, Mr. Fox, please do not allow me to be thrown into the briars for they stick and scratch me so much that I could never stand the pain ; and they all with one accord exclaimed,
human
Throw him in, and they threw him into the briars, and the Rabbit sped away as fast as he could, saying,
gpt
This is where I was reared, this is my home, and this is all that I could desire.
human
We can't get wives here; let's go to the next settlement. I'm the messenger for the council, and I'll tell the people that I bring an order that everybody must take a mate at once, and then we'll be sure to get wives.