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 running away down the mountain, so we stopped it,' said the Chief.

"Rabbit reached out and caught the Chief by the back of his neck and shook him. The giant's grasp was strong, and the Chief's eyes bulged from his head, and he swelled up till he was puffed out all over, from trying to get his breath.

"'So shall you look, you and all your tribe, hereafter,' said Rabbit, holding him off and looking at him. Then he threw him into the green pool, and all his tribe with him.

"After that Rabbit untied the water, and all the little streams began to flow down the mountain. Our people, at the foot of the mountain, saw them coming, and they gave thanks to the Great Spirit, because he had helped the giant, Rabbit, to give them water again, that they might live.

"The tribe at the top of the mountain became frogs, as you see them now, and they have traveled to many parts of the land; but wherever they go they keep on quarreling about the water, as you have heard them this day."