1 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 1: Welcome sleep tight stories. Rabbit and the moon Man. Once 2 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:40,239 Speaker 1: long ago, Rabbit lived with his old grandmother deep in 3 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: the Canadian forest, far from all other people. He was 4 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 1: a great hunter, and all around far and near he 5 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: laid snares and set traps to catch game for food. 6 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: It was winter, and he caught many little animals and birds. 7 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 1: He brought them home daily to feed himself and his 8 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 1: old grandmother, and he was well pleased with his success. 9 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 1: But after some weeks had passed, he was unable to 10 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:31,759 Speaker 1: catch any game. He always found his traps and snares empty, 11 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: although many tracks were always around them, and there were 12 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: many signs that animals were prowling about. He knew then 13 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: that he was being robbed nightly, and that a thief 14 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: was pilfering his traps. It was very cold and the 15 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: snow lay deep in the forest, and Rabbit and his 16 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: old grandmother were in dire need of food. Every morning, 17 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:16,239 Speaker 1: Rabbit rose very early and hurried off to his traps, 18 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:22,839 Speaker 1: but always he found them empty, for the thief had 19 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 1: been ahead of him. He was greatly puzzled, for he 20 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 1: could not think who the thief was. At last, one morning, 21 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:42,080 Speaker 1: after a new fall of snow, he found the mark 22 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 1: of a long foot near his traps, and he knew 23 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: it was the foot of the game robber. It was 24 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 1: the longest footprint he had ever seen, long and narrow 25 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 1: and very light, like a moonbeam. And Rabbit said, now 26 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 1: I shall rise earlier in the morning, and I shall 27 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:11,920 Speaker 1: go to my traps ahead of the thief and take 28 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: my game, so that they will all be empty when 29 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:22,919 Speaker 1: he comes. Each morning he rose earlier to catch the thief, 30 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: but the man of the long foot was always there 31 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 1: before him, and his game was always gone. No matter 32 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: how early Rabbit got up, the thief was always ahead 33 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: of him, and his traps were always empty. So Rabbit 34 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: said to his old grandmother, the man of the long foot, 35 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: who robs my traps is always up ahead of me, 36 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: no matter how early I rise. I will make a 37 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: snare from a bow string, and I will watch all 38 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: this night, and I will surely catch him. He made 39 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 1: a trap from a stout bowstring and hid it beside 40 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 1: his snares, and took the end of the bow string 41 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 1: some distance away to a clump of trees behind which 42 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 1: he hid. He hoped that the thief would step into 43 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:40,280 Speaker 1: the trap. Then he would pull the bow string and 44 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: tie him fast to a tree. He sat very quiet 45 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: waiting for the Man of the long Foot to appear. 46 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 1: It was moonlight when he set out, but soon it 47 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 1: grew va very dark in the forest. The moon suddenly disappeared, 48 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 1: but the stars were all shining on the white snow, 49 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 1: and there were no clouds in the sky, and Rabbit 50 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: wondered what had happened to the moon. He waited very 51 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: still and a little frightened in the starlight. Soon he 52 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: heard someone coming, sneaking stealthily through the trees. Then he 53 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:46,720 Speaker 1: saw a white light, which dazzled his eyes. The light 54 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 1: went towards the snares until it stopped just at the 55 00:05:51,800 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: trap Rabbit had set. Then Rabbit pulled the bowstring the 56 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 1: trap as he had hoped, and tied the string fast 57 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:10,479 Speaker 1: to a tree. He heard sounds of a struggle, and 58 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: he saw the white light move from side to side, 59 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: But he knew that he had his prisoner fast, and 60 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 1: that the Man of the long Foot was caught at last. 61 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: He was much afraid of the white light, and he 62 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: ran home as fast as he could, and told his 63 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: own grandmother that he had caught the game robber. In 64 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 1: the trap, and that he did not know who he was, 65 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:48,119 Speaker 1: for he was too frightened to look. And his grandmother said, 66 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 1: you must go back and see who it is and 67 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: tell him he must stop robbing your snares. But Rabbit said, 68 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:00,840 Speaker 1: I do not want to go until day light, for 69 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 1: the moon has gone down and the forest is very dark. 70 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 1: But his grandmother said you must go. So poor rabbit, 71 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: although he was very frightened by what he had seen, 72 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: set out again for his traps. When he drew near 73 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: to his snares, he saw that the white light was 74 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: still shining. It was so bright that his eyes were dazzled, 75 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: and he had to stop far from it. Then he 76 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: approached nearer, but his eyes soon became very sore. There 77 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: was a stream flowing beside him, and he bathed his 78 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 1: eyes in the cold water, but it brought him no relief, 79 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: and his eyes felt hot and red, and tears fell 80 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 1: from them because of the dazzling light. Then he took 81 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: great handfuls of snow and threw snowballs at the light, 82 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: hoping thereby to put it out. But when the snowballs 83 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: came near to the light, they melted and fell down 84 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 1: like rain. Then, with his eyes still smarting, Rabbit, in 85 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 1: his rage, scooped up great handfuls of soft black mud 86 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: from the bottom of the stream, and forming it into balls, 87 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 1: he threw them with all his force at the white light. 88 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: He heard them strike something with a dull thud, and 89 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 1: he heard loud yells from the prison the man of 90 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: the long foot behind the shining light. Then a voice 91 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: came from the light, saying, why did you snare me? 92 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 1: Come and untie me at once. I am the man 93 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: in the moon. It is near to the morning, and 94 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,720 Speaker 1: before dawn I must be on my way. You have 95 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: already spotted my face with mud, and if you do 96 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: not loose me at once, I shall kill all your tribe. 97 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:38,960 Speaker 1: Poor rabbit was more frightened than before, and he ran 98 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: home and told his old grandmother what had happened. And 99 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:47,959 Speaker 1: his grandmother was also very frightened, for she thought that 100 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 1: no good could come of it, and she told Rabbit 101 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: to go back at once and untie the man in 102 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 1: the moon, for the night was almost spent and the 103 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:05,680 Speaker 1: dawn would soon be breaking. So poor Rabbit, trembling in 104 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: his fear, went back to his traps. From a great distance, 105 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: he cried, I will untie you if you will never 106 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 1: again rob my snares, and if you will never come 107 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 1: back to earth. And the prisoner in the trap promised, 108 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 1: and said, I swear it by my white light. Then 109 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:36,400 Speaker 1: the rabbit approached very carefully. He had to shut his 110 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:41,079 Speaker 1: eyes and grope his way because of the bright light, 111 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: and his lip quivered because of the great heat. At 112 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:52,319 Speaker 1: last he rushed in and cut the bow string snare 113 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: with his teeth, and the man in the moon hurried 114 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 1: on his way, for he could already see the dawn 115 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: in the east. But rabbit was almost blinded while he 116 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 1: was about it, and his shoulders were badly scorched. And 117 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: ever since that time, rabbit blinks and his eyelids are pink, 118 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 1: and water runs from his eyes when he looks at 119 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 1: a bright light, and his lip always quivers, and his 120 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 1: shoulders are yellow, even when he wears his white winter coat, 121 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 1: because of the great light and heat on the winter 122 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 1: night long ago when he loosed the man in the 123 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 1: moon from the snare, And since that night, the man 124 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: in the moon has never come back to Earth. He 125 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 1: stays at his task in the sky, lighting the forest 126 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: by night, but he still bears on his face the 127 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:15,319 Speaker 1: marks of the black mud which Rabbit threw at him. 128 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 1: And sometimes for several nights he goes away to a 129 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 1: quiet place where he tries to wash off the mud, 130 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 1: and then the land is dark, but he never succeeds 131 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:37,680 Speaker 1: in cleaning himself, and when he comes back to his work, 132 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 1: the marks of Rabbit's mud balls are still upon his 133 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 1: shining face.