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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.