Atondido Stories
"Come on out," the snake said to the rabbit.
"I'm coming out. Wait," said the rabbit.
"Well, hurry," said the townspeople.
"All right," said the rabbit. "I'm coming out now. Please catch
my sandal, I beg you."
The townspeople answered: "Catch his sandal, throw it over
there. It's not as if it were your father's sandal, that you're
obliged to carry it."
"All right, mayor. Throw out your sandal." And the turkey
vulture caught the sandal. He gave it to the deer and the deer
threw it away, as they thought that it was the rabbit's sandal.
They were all shouting in the cave. They didn't know it was the
mayor they had thrown away.
"Come on out," shouted the snake into the cave, "come out
right away." When they realized that he wasn't answering them
they were sad. They sent the snake into the cave and the snake
shouted: "He's not here, he's not here."
"Throw it far away."
"He's not here, he's not here. He came out," said the snake.
"He's not here. Maybe it was him we threw."
"Did you notice if it was his sandal that you threw away?"
the lion asked the deer.
"Come on out, snake."
"All right." The snake came out.
Afterwards they began to kill each other on account of the
mayor rabbit. He managed to go free, and when he was far away
he laughed at them: "Some day you'll pay for the crimes you
committed against me, the mayor. You wanted to kill me, but
you weren't able to. Just wait and see what's going to happen to
you later on."
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