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- “When they got there,” she said,“Brer Rabbit saw that the full moon was shining on
the water. He got an idea.” - “Brer Rabbit acted as if he had just seen something awful,” LaToya said.
- “He told Brer Fox and Brer Bear that the moon had fallen into the mill pond,” she
went on. - “He was going to have to get the moon out of the mill pond because it was scaring the
fish away,” she said. - “Brer Rabbit ran to get a net to scoop the moon out of the mill pond,” LaToya continued.
- She said,“While he was gone, Brer Terrapin told Brer Fox that there was a pot of gold
in the mill pond, right where the moon was.” - “Finally, Brer Rabbit got back with the net,” she said.
- “Brer Fox and Brer Bear grabbed it from him,” she said excitedly.
- “They jumped into the mill pond and dragged the net around,” she said.
- LaToya said,“Brer Rabbit kept telling them to go out further.”
- “Finally,” she said,“they fell into a big hole and got tangled in the net.”
- “Brer Rabbit and Brer Terrapin laughed and laughed” LaToya said.,
- “They were happy that they outsmarted Brer Fox and Brer Bear,” she explained.
- “And they were especially happy that they hadn’t been eaten” she ended.,
- “Do you think,” asked Ben,“that there really was gold in the mill pond?”
- “No,” answered LaToya. “That was just a trick.”
- “It was a smart trick” laughed Ben.,
- “Sometimes small animals have to be extra smart,” pointed out Jerome.
- “Otherwise,” he said,“they’d get caught by the bigger ones.”
- “Brer Rabbit was clever,” said Sal, “and so was Brer Terrapin.”
- “I wonder what other adventures they had” said Ben.,
- Sal said,“Here’s one about how Brer Terrapin beats Brer Rabbit in a race.”