A possum had a beautiful tail that, either to his bragging or because it was so beautiful (or both), the rabbit conspired to have it altered. It didn't help the rabbit no longer had his tail. as a bear took it. He invited the possum to a dance, where he would showcase his pretty tail. The possum agreed and was told the barber would come beforehand to spruce up his tail. What the possum didn't know, was that the barber was going to cut all the hair off of it and wrap it in a ribbon. The possum went to the dance, unwrapped his tail without looking, and started dancing. Eventually, he looked to see why all the others were laughing and saw with horror his beautiful tail was ugly as a lizards tail. So freaked, he fell on his back with a grin, helpless, as possums do when surprised.
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| I think I've posted this before, but here is a photo I took of a possum that got stuck behind the grill in our back yard (he did not move when I moved the grill, so I poked him with a broomstick and after a hiss he left - totally fine). |
Afterthoughts.
Well, I am caught between thinking the rabbit is a jerk and that this is a story to warn children of being hubristic. How could I alter this story for my own? Maybe the bear could come back to eat the rabbit for being mean. Or I could change this to birds and how the peacock got his beautiful colors, that he stole them from the ostrich and made the ostrich ugly. This story seems like the reverse of the ugly duckling who grew up to become a beautiful swan.
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