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The Rabit, the Otter, and Duck Hunting.

As told by The Warrior based on James Mooney

The Rabbit was known far and wide for his boastful nature. To hear him tell it, he could do what anyone else could do. He was so good at this that he even was able to convince the Otter that he could catch and eat fish just as
good as him.

Now time went by, and the Otter meet the Rabbit again. Now it just so happen that the Otter was still a bit miffed about the fish. He had a plan to expose the Rabbit. The Otter looked at the Rabbit, and said to him. "You know, I sometimes eat Duck too!" So off to the river they went and
found seven ducks, which they every so quietly were able to sneak up on. "You go first", cried the Rabbit, to which the Otter quickly slid into the water. He quickly was able to drag a duck under and return to the Rabbit unseen.

Now the Rabbit had not just been standing around watching. While the Otter was otherwise occupied, he had been striping bark from near by sapling and making himself a noose. He looked at the Otter when he returned and said,
"OK, that is great, watch me!", and off he took into the water. Now the Rabbit did not have anywhere near the ability in water that the Otter had. And it was a struggle for him to reach the ducks un-noticed, but he managed
to do so and came up among the remaining six ducks. He quickly fastened his noose around the neck of the closest duck. Startled, the duck began to struggle to get away and finally took of on his wings and dragged the Rabbit out of the water after him. Now it was the Rabbits turn to be startled. And boy was he. He held on to the noose and was taken high into the air. Higher and higher he went. All of a sudden, he lost his grip on the noose and down he fell into the middle of a old hollow Sycamore tree with out a
hole in the bottom to get out.

Now the Rabbit was in a fix. He stayed in there so long that he had to start eating his own fur, as rabbits still do to this day when the are starved. Then one day, he heard some children playing and he began to sing in a weak little voice. The song he sang went like this. "Cut a hole and see me, I am the prettiest thing you ever did see"

Soon the children had returned with on of the fathers who cut a who so that the Rabbit could get out. He told them to stand back and see, and out he ran and took his leave.

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[CharlotteVRWC]

I HOPE IT ISN'T AL QUEDA CODE WORD'S FOR MORE ATTACKS.

[LurkerNoMore!]

Oh, man. Is this up your alley, or what?

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

Try to figure it out? The sick bastard is shooting people for the fun of it...hes a nut case

[Grani]

Sorry, can't help, I don't speak Ebonics.

[Sir Gawain]

[martin_fierro]

"AFLAC!"

[buffyt]

WHAT?????
I read it three times and I don't get it. Oh well, it is late....

[CheneyChick]

Fig. 149q - A Man Throwing a Duck Noose

Arctic String Figure Project

[Aquamarine]

Soon the children had returned with on of the fathers who cut a who so that the Rabbit could get out. He told them to stand back and see, and out he ran and took his leave.

He's trying to get away...escape. He's telling someone to come get him.

[SAR1]

Duck in a noose? What the hell is this? Could be a divergence for something much bigger in evilness than the sniping. Code words for something.Everyone is fixated on this. Look in the other direction. Anyone got any ideas here. This is weird. And I dont believe in the lone nut theory. Al Quieda cell at work. Lets tie down homeland resources while we plan something else or slip something into the country. Give me some ideas people.

[fields]

Check out this "duck and noose" reference in the Koran. http://www.san.beck.org/AB19-IslamCulture1095-1300.html

Fields

[Misty Memory]

Pole and noose used to catch ducks. Made by Clarence Long in 1936. Collector NB Tindale (A26097)

[Julliardsux]

Something tells me our sniper doesn't surf much 'net.

[Fixit]

From my pitiful blog:

Chief Moose's reading of the "like a duck in a noose" reference, through a quick googling of "duck, noose" lead me to a Cherokee story of the trickster, a boastful rabbit, who attempts to persuade an otter that he is capable of doing any task as well as anyone else. The rabbit attempts to hunt ducks as well as an otter, but after placing a noose over a ducks neck, gets carried aloft by the startled duck. The rabbit falls into a tall stump (like the one taken from Tacoma?), gets trapped there for a while, and then has to eat its own fur to survive while stuck in the stump. Eventually the rabbit tricks some children (and in some tellings their father) to cut a hole in the side of the stump, convincing the humans that it is a beautiful creature to look upon. Once the hole is created, the rabbit darts to freedom. The analogy here seems obvious to the current situation. The rabbit, (sniper), slipped a noose over a duck and got picked up, (hunted civilians then placed on news all over world), then fell into a deep stump(feels trapped by current dragnet), had to eat its own fur(not sure about this element, not a perfect analogy), then finally escaped through trickery(sniper's dreams of escaping).

If the moccasin fits...

[KingKongCobra]

Here's one -
The story of blacks: The aborigines in Austrailia
http://www.culturelanguage.com.au/aborigines/food_ch26

a native would lurk silently among the reeds, and whenever an unsuspecting duck or other bird came near enough, the noose would be slipped over its head, and never more would it float, or fly, or swim.

[zencycler]

Here's some other references.

1) Censored Cartoon - "Skyscraper Caper" (Lovy; 1968): NBC: Speedy Gonzales rescues Daffy Duck with a noose after Daffy has fallen some distance from a construction site. This scene was gone.
From: http://looney.toonzone.net/ltcuts/ltcutss.html

2) Notes from an Arizona football Party:
12:15 p.m.: Erich Tiepel, 58, of Littleton arrives at the party with a duck on a noose.

"My son-in-law gave it to me," he says proudly

From: http://web.uccs.edu/ur/mediawatch/Jan2002/camera_01_02_02a.htm

[Pinetop]

Just a few disjointed facts and a question: 1) In a subsequent Cherokee Trickster/Rabbit myth, the Rabbit turns into a moose and tricks the buzzard into sticking its head up his butt.
2) There was a Cherokee chief in the 1800s named Mohammed
3) Is this a message to Malvo to rescue him like the children rescuing the Rabbit from the tree?

[slimer]

Duck & Noose = DECEPTION!

[GOPJ]

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[Julliardsux]

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