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Source: Myths and Tales of the
Southeastern Indians, By John R. Swanton, 1929
Two Tie-snakes lived on opposite sides of a river bend, unknown to each
other.
Rabbit, however, knew that they were both there, so one day he went to one
of them and said, "Let us got a grapevine and have a tug of war against
each other." The snake agreed and they appointed a time.
Then Rabbit went over to the Tie-snake on the other side of the bend and
made the same agreement with him.
After that he got a grapevine and at the time appointed carried one end to
one snake and the other end across to the other.
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Marks were set to see which could pull the other across.
Then Rabbit stationed himself in the middle and shook the vine, and they
began pulling, each thinking that Rabbit was at the other end and they
thought he was much stronger than they had taken him to be.
Each in turn pulled the other near the mark when the other would drag him
back. Finally they went around the bend and discovered each other.
They were angry with Rabbit and made it a rule that he should not have any
water, but he turned himself into a speckled fawn and in that shape went
down and drank all that he wanted.
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