--- title: XII. the Marten and the White Rabbit — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · full text with trees description: XII. the Marten and the White Rabbit, «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: (Micmac) --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/81/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Wigwam stories told by North American…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/) / XII. the Marten and the White Rabbit # XII. the Marten and the White Rabbit XII. the Marten and the White Rabbit of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole text, 59 sentences and 679 words. 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(Micmac)[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") A white rabbit ran away from town.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") He was afraid of the dogs, and the children pulled his ears.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") He found it was better to live among the animals in the woods, but he did not like to say so to them.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") He was always telling of the fine things he had left.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") The wild rabbit is gray.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") The white rabbit said no one wore gray in town.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") The best people had white clothes and very fine; that was why his fur was so soft and like the snow.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") “Ours was the best family in town,” the white rabbit would say very often.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") The marten is small and brown.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") His fur is worn by the best people, and he knows they think much of him.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") He could not understand why the white rabbit should think himself any better than a marten.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") He met the white rabbit in the woods one day.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") They had a long talk, and the rabbit invited him to come to his heap of little dry bushes and eat dinner with him.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") He would answer any questions the marten would ask, because those who come out of a town always know a great deal.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") It is kind to tell what you know.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") The marten was seen by the gray rabbits to brush his fur and wash his face and paws very carefully.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") They watched him go into the white rabbit’s brush heap.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") The gray rabbits put their ears very far back and ran away.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") “The marten is wise, but he will know more when he comes home,” said the ones in gray.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") The marten ate with the white rabbit.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") He thought they ate too fast, but it was not polite to say so.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") He tried to eat like the rabbit and watched his mouth.[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") After a time the marten began his questions.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") “What makes the slit in your lip?” asked the visitor.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") “My family in town all ate with knives and forks.[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") My knife slipped and cut my lip,” was the answer.[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") “What makes you keep moving your mouth and whiskers?”[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") “Because I am always planning and worrying.[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") My family always worried.[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") We do not think enough about what might happen out here in the country.[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") Perhaps a great fire might come and burn up all these trees; perhaps the river may come and drown us.[32](32/ "tree and pragmatics") The birds make us forget these things.[33](33/ "tree and pragmatics") We are too happy.”[34](34/ "tree and pragmatics") The marten shook his head, but he said some grass had touched his nose.[35](35/ "tree and pragmatics") He did not want the rabbit to think him different from town people.[36](36/ "tree and pragmatics") The two went out to walk under the trees.[37](37/ "tree and pragmatics") “What makes you hop?” asked the marten.[38](38/ "tree and pragmatics") “My family always hop.[39](39/ "tree and pragmatics") People in town never step along like country people.[40](40/ "tree and pragmatics") See how well I look and how clumsy that moose cow is over there.”[41](41/ "tree and pragmatics") Just then they heard a soft step on the brown pine needles; the marten flattened himself down on the ground, and his brown fur could not be seen.[42](42/ "tree and pragmatics") The white rabbit ran away with great jumps.[43](43/ "tree and pragmatics") He hid in the bushes.[44](44/ "tree and pragmatics") The two animals met again that day.[45](45/ "tree and pragmatics") “Why did you run so fast?” asked the marten.[46](46/ "tree and pragmatics") “I used to run races when I was in town.[47](47/ "tree and pragmatics") The boys and the dogs all played with me.[48](48/ "tree and pragmatics") Every one goes fast when in town.[49](49/ "tree and pragmatics") I forgot how slow the country people are.”[50](50/ "tree and pragmatics") The marten walked and ran by the rabbit’s side.[51](51/ "tree and pragmatics") “Why is it that your tail is so short and your ears are so long?” he asked.[52](52/ "tree and pragmatics") “Every one in town wears something on his head.[53](53/ "tree and pragmatics") I wanted to be like the rest, and now I have long ears; but I have only a little ball of fur for a tail.[54](54/ "tree and pragmatics") It is all that was left when my ears were done.”[55](55/ "tree and pragmatics") The marten ran to the tallest pine tree.[56](56/ "tree and pragmatics") He climbed up where he could see the white rabbit and then he screamed, “I do not believe one word!”[57](57/ "tree and pragmatics") The little gray rabbits heard him and laughed with the squirrels.[58](58/ "tree and pragmatics") Educated Maine Indian’s Story.[59](59/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [XI. the One Who Loved Him Most](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/80/) - next →: [XIII. 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