Jackrabbit and Cottontail + 

Anciently the Jackrabbit lived in a sage plain, and the Cottontail rabbit lived in a cliff hard by. They saw the clouds gather, so they went out to sing. The long-legged Jackrabbit sang for snow, thus: + 

“U pi na wi sho, U pi na wi sho, + 

U kuk uku u kuk!” + 

But the short-legged Cottontail sang for rain, like this: + 

“Hatchi ethla ho na an saia.” + 

That’s what they sung⁠—one asking for snow, the other for rain; hence to this day the Pókʻia (Jackrabbit) runs when it snows, the Âʻkshiko (Cottontail) when it rains. + 

Thus shortens my story. + 