Atondido Stories
to give satisfaction. Of course a little beast like you will fail too."
However, there were no other beasts who applied for the posi-
tion so the tiger sent for the rabbit and told him that he would
try him for a little while.
The rabbit worked faithfully and well, and soon he had
cleared a large portion of the ground. The next day he worked
just as well. The tiger thought that he had been very lucky to
hire the rabbit. He got tired staying around to watch the rabbit
work. The rabbit seemed to know just how to do the work any-
way, without orders, so the tiger decided to go away on a hunt-
ing trip. He left his son to watch the rabbit.
After the tiger had gone away the rabbit said to the tiger's
son, "The ox which your father is going to give me is marked
with a white spot on his left ear and another on his right side, is-
n't he?"
"O, no," replied the tiger's son. "He is red all over with just a
tiny white spot on his right ear."
The rabbit worked for a while longer and then he said, "The
ox which your father is going to give me is kept by the river, isn't
he?"
"Yes," replied the tiger's son.
The rabbit had made a plan to go and get the ox without
waiting to finish his work. Just as he started off he saw the tiger
returning. The tiger noticed that the rabbit had not worked so
well when he was away. After that he stayed and watched the
rabbit until the whole farm was cleared. Then the tiger gave the
rabbit the ox as he had promised.
"You must kill this ox," he said to the rabbit, "in a place where
there are neither flies nor mosquitoes."
The rabbit went away with the ox. After he had gone for
some distance he thought he would kill him. He heard a cock,
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