_Omaha_
At first all the four-footed animals were fat. The one who made them
wished to know if they looked well so fat. So he called all the
four-footed animals together. He seized by the head each one who did
not look handsome with the fat, and scraped it all off.
At length someone took Rabbit to him.
"Fat makes me handsome," said Rabbit "I will be the one."
"Let me see! Come here!" said the one who made the animals. Then he
made Rabbit fat. Then he looked at him. "Fat makes you ugly beyond
measure."
So he seized Rabbit by the head and scraped off the fat from the base
of his neck. But he pulled suddenly at the flesh in the space between
the shoulders. Therefore, ever since then Rabbit has had a hollow
space between his shoulders, and only in that place is there a piece
of fat.
At length the person who made the animals saw that Raccoon was the
only person who looked well when fat. So he made the whole body of
Raccoon fat.