ills game, he cuts
it up and makes an equal distribution of the pieces."

"Let it alone, I say," said the Giant.

But Rabbit continued to insert the knife in the meat.

"I will blow that _thing_ into the air," said the Giant.

"Blow me into the air! Blow me into the air!" said Rabbit.

So the Giant went closer to him, and when he blew at him the Rabbit
went up into the air with his fur blown apart. Striding past, the
Giant seized the deer, put it through his belt, and departed. That was
his custom. He took all the deer that were killed, hung them on his
belt, and took them to his lodge. He was a very tall person.

At night Rabbit wandered around, and at last went all around the
Giant's lodge. He seized an insect and said to it, "Oh, insect! You
shall go and bite the Giant right in the side."

At length when it was morning, it was said the Giant was ill. Then he
died.

The people said, "Make a village for Rabbit!"

But Rabbit said, "I do not wish to be chief. I have left my old woman
by herself, so I will return to her."

HOW THE DEER GOT HIS HORNS

_Cherokee_

Long ago, in the beginning, Deer had no horns. His head was smooth
like a doe's. Now Deer was a very fast runner, but Rabbit was a famous
jumper. So the animals used to talk about it and wonder which could go
the farther in the same time. They talked about it a great deal. They
decided to have a race between the two, and they made a pair of large
antlers to be given to whoever could run the faster. Deer and Rabbit
were to start together from one side of a thicket, go through it, and
then turn and come back. The one who came out of the thicket first was
to receive the horns.

On a certain day all the animals were there. They put the antlers down
on the ground to mark the starting point. Everyone admired the horns.
But Rabbit said, "I don't know this part of the country; I want to
look through the bushes where I am to run."

So the Rabbit went into the thicket, and stayed a long time. He was
gone so long the animals suspected he was playing a trick. They sent a
messenger after him. Right in the middle of the thicket he found
Rabbit, gnawing down the bushes and pulling them away to make a clear
road for himself.

The messenger came back quietly and told the animals. When Rabbit came
back, they accused him of cheating. Rabbit said, "No," but at last
they all went into the thicket and found the road he had made.
Therefore the animals gave th