Posted on 10/23/2002 9:27:13 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
The Rabbit Goes Duck Hunting
The Rabbit was so boastful that he would claim to do what- ever he saw anyone else do, and so tricky that he could usually make the other animals believe it all. Once he pretended that he could swim in the water and eat fish just as the Otter did, and when the others told him to prove it he fixed up a plan so that the Otter himself was deceived.
Soon afterward they met again and the Otter said, "I eat ducks sometimes." Said the Rabbit, "Well, I eat ducks too." The Otter challenged him to try it; so they went up along the river until they saw several ducks in the water and managed to get near without being seen. The Rabbit told the Otter to go first. The Otter never hesitated, but dived from the bank and swam under water until he reached the ducks, when he pulled one down without being noticed by the others, and came back in the same way.
While the Otter had been under the water the Rabbit had peeled some bark from a sapling and made himself a noose. "Now," he said, "Just watch me;" and he dived in and swam a little way under the water until he was nearly choking and had to come up to the top to breathe. He went under again and came up again a little nearer to the ducks. He took another breath and dived under, and this time he came up among the ducks and threw the noose over the head of one and caught it. The duck struggled hard and finally spread its wings and flew up from the water with the Rabbit hanging on to the noose.
It flew on and on until at last the Rabbit could not hold on any longer, but had to let go and drop. As it happened, he fell into a tall, hollow sycamore stump without any hole at the bottom to get out from and there he stayed until he was so hungry that he had to eat his own fur, as the rabbit does ever since when he is starving. After several days, when he was very weak with hunger, he heard children playing outside around the trees. He began to sing:
Cut a door and look at me; I'm the prettiest thing you ever did see.
The children ran home and told their father, who came and began to cut a hole in the tree. As he chopped away the Rabbit inside kept singing, "Cut it larger, so you can see me better; I"m so pretty." They made the hole larger, and then the Rabbit told them to stand back so that they could take a good look as he came out. They stood away back, and the Rabbit watched his chance and jumped out and got away.
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it was my first thought too, and we'll soon find out whether or not it was a signal.
If the Fed's were participating in the case, and Moose was nothing more than a mouthpiece as some have speculated, why did the Fed's let Moose say this on TV?
Sorry but I strongly disagree.
This was one of the silliest exercises in stinky-wind chasing I have seen on FR.
You get this kinda junk when folks dont have a firm foundation to stand on.
While authorities were working reality....FReepers were off in never never land.
It's kinda embarrassing.
'Duck in Noose' Reference Explained
Thursday, October 24, 2002MFox explains the duck in noose statement.
'Duck in Noose' Reference Explained
Thursday, October 24, 2002
WASHINGTON — The last cryptic message from Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose to the Washington-area sniper referred to a Cherokee Indian story about an arrogant rabbit that was duped by the duck he tried to catch.
"You have indicated that you want us to do and say certain things. You've asked us to say, 'We have caught the sniper like a duck in a noose.' We understand that hearing us say this is important to you," Moose said late Wednesday at a televised news briefing, called so authorities could release information on two people sought for questioning in the 13 sniper shootings.
In the ancient story, passed down through generations of Cherokee Indians, a rabbit brags that he can catch a duck. He throws a noose over the neck of a duck, but it flies away with the rabbit hanging on. Eventually the rabbit must let go, landing in a hollow tree stump. The conceited animal has to eat his own fur for food and is embarrassed by his appearance when he finally escapes.
"His boastfulness got him in trouble and eventually destroyed him," said Tera Shows, spokeswoman for the Cherokee Nation, based in Tahlequah, Okla.
Ultimately, the killer blamed for shooting 13 people, 10 of whom died, around Washington over the last three weeks may be less duck than rabbit, Shows said.
John Allen Muhammad, 41, and John Lee Malvo, 17, were arrested Thursday morning for questioning in the killings.
"It does look like [the sniper] maybe is the rabbit," Shows said.
Yeah really silly huh? I was dead on right.
'Duck in Noose' Reference Explained
Thursday, October 24, 2002MFox explains the duck in noose statement.
'Duck in Noose' Reference Explained
Thursday, October 24, 2002
WASHINGTON — The last cryptic message from Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose to the Washington-area sniper referred to a Cherokee Indian story about an arrogant rabbit that was duped by the duck he tried to catch.
"You have indicated that you want us to do and say certain things. You've asked us to say, 'We have caught the sniper like a duck in a noose.' We understand that hearing us say this is important to you," Moose said late Wednesday at a televised news briefing, called so authorities could release information on two people sought for questioning in the 13 sniper shootings.
In the ancient story, passed down through generations of Cherokee Indians, a rabbit brags that he can catch a duck. He throws a noose over the neck of a duck, but it flies away with the rabbit hanging on. Eventually the rabbit must let go, landing in a hollow tree stump. The conceited animal has to eat his own fur for food and is embarrassed by his appearance when he finally escapes.
"His boastfulness got him in trouble and eventually destroyed him," said Tera Shows, spokeswoman for the Cherokee Nation, based in Tahlequah, Okla.
Ultimately, the killer blamed for shooting 13 people, 10 of whom died, around Washington over the last three weeks may be less duck than rabbit, Shows said.
John Allen Muhammad, 41, and John Lee Malvo, 17, were arrested Thursday morning for questioning in the killings.
"It does look like [the sniper] maybe is the rabbit," Shows said.
Yeah really silly huh? I was dead on right.
I agree. This rivals the intellectual discussion that many engaged in after the 9th death of 11 victims, suggesting that is was some sort of 9-11 coded message.
Uh, are you suggesting the 9-11 theory has been confirmed?
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