There was a rabbit who asked a barber to shave him; in doing so the
barber cut off his ear. "Take my ear," said the rabbit, "and I will
take your razors."
A little further on he saw an old woman pulling grass with her
hands. "Take this," he said, giving her the razor, "and cut grass
with it, and I will take your cloth."
When she asked him why, he replied: "You have my razor and I have
your chudder."
Then he went a little further and saw a ghee seller. "Take my chudder
and give me your ghee," said the rabbit. So saying, he left the
chudder and walked off with the ghee.
Not long after he met a woman, and told her to make him some
goolgoolahs, or sweets, with the ghee. As soon as they were ready he
picked them up and ran away.
A little further on was a man with a plough, a horse, and a
bullock. "Take these sweets," said the rabbit, "and I will yoke your
plough for you."
But, instead of doing this, he ran away with the horse, and soon after
met a marriage procession, in which the bridegroom was walking beside
the bride's litter or dooly. "Get on my horse: why do you walk?" said
the rabbit gaily.
So the man got on, and the rabbit ran off with the bride; but her
husband ran after, and advised his wife to kill the rabbit.
When they got to a quiet place, and rested under a tree, she asked
the rabbit to let her comb his hair; but as soon as he put his head
down, she gave him a severe knock on it, which stunned him, and then
ran back to her husband. Thus ended the adventures of the rabbit.