兔年来个兔子的故事，不过这个塔沃，跟我们心目中温柔胆怯的小兔形象完全不同。
THE STORY OF LITTLE TAVWOTS
This is the story an Indian woman told a little white boy who lived with his father and mother near the Indians' country; and Tavwots is the name of the little rabbit.
But once, long ago, Tavwots was not little, -- he was the largest of all four-footed things, and a mighty hunter. He used to hunt every day; as soon as it was day, and light enough to see, he used to get up, and go to his hunting. But every day he saw the track of a great foot on the trail, before him. This troubled him, for his pride was as big as his body.
"Who is this," he cried, "that goes before me to the hunting, and makes so great a stride? Does he think to put me to shame?"
"T'-sst!" said his mother, "there is none greater than thou."
"Still, there are the footsteps in the trail," said Tavwots.
And the next morning he got up earlier; but still the great footprints and the mighty stride were before him. The next morning he got up still earlier; but there were the mighty foot-tracks and the long, long stride.
"Now I will set me a trap for this impudent fellow," said Tavwots, for he was very cunning. So he made a snare of his bow-string and set it in the trail overnight.
And when in the morning he went to look, behold, he had caught the sun in his snare! All that part of the earth was beginning to smoke with the heat of it.
"Is it you who made the tracks in my trail?" cried Tavwots.
"It is I," said the sun; "come and set me free, before the whole earth is afire."
Then Tavwots saw what he had to do, and he drew his sharp hunting-knife and ran to cut the bow-string.
But the heat was so great that he ran back before he had done it; and when he ran back he was melted down to half his size! Then the earth began to burn, and the smoke curled up against the sky.
"Come again, Tavwots," cried the sun.
And Tavwots ran again to cut the bow-string. But the heat was so great that he ran back before he had done it, and he was melted down to a quarter of his size!
"Come again, Tavwots, and quickly," cried the sun, "or all the world will be burnt up."
And Tavwots ran again; this time he cut the bowstring and set the sun free. But when he got back he was melted down to the size he is now! Only one thing is left of all his greatness: you may still see by the print of his feet as he leaps in the trail, how great his stride was when he caught the sun in his snare.
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TAVWOTS ... DREW HIS SHARP HUNTING-KNIFE AND RAN TO CUT THE BOW-STRING
塔沃......抽出锋利的猎刀，跑过去砍弓弦
小兔塔沃的故事
这个故事，是一位印第安妇人向一个白人小男孩讲述的，小男孩跟他的父母住在印第安村落的附近，塔沃是故事里那只小兔子的名字。
但是很久很久以前，塔沃可不这么小个 – 他比其它所有四条腿的动物都要大，是个强大的猎手。他每天出去打猎，天刚蒙蒙亮，刚能看清楚，他就出发了。可是每天，他都在自己踩出的小路上发现，一只大脚已经在他之前留下了庞大的脚印。这让他很烦恼，因为他的自尊心很强，就像他个子非常大一样。
他恼怒地叫道，“谁出来打猎比我还早，还跨这么大的步子？他是想羞辱我吗？”
“就是啊！”他的母亲附和着，“没有人比你更强大！”
“不过，就是有人比我更早出来，留下了那些脚印。”塔沃懊恼地说。
第二天早晨，他比以往起得更早，还是看到了庞大的脚印和长长的步子。第三天，他起得越发早，那些庞大的脚印和长长的步子仍然在等着他。
“我要给这个无礼的家伙设下圈套。”塔沃很狡猾，他用弓弦做成罗网，当天晚上就把它放置在路上。
天亮了，他出去一看，天哪，罗网兜住了太阳！周围的土地在太阳的炙烤下，已经开始冒烟了。
“是你在我的小路上留下脚印的吗？”塔沃叫道。
“是的。”太阳着急地说，“快过来放开我，不然整个地球都要着火啦！”
塔沃一下就明白了该怎么做。他抽出锋利的猎刀，跑过去砍弓弦。
但是太阳太烫啦，塔沃没砍断弓弦就跑了回来，还被熔化掉了一半，只有原来一半大的个子了！这时，地球开始燃烧，烟尘在空中飘浮缭绕。
“再来一次，塔沃！”太阳急叫。
塔沃举刀再次冲过去。可是太阳实在太烫，他还是没有成功，跑回来的时候，个子只有原来一半的一半大了。
“再来！塔沃，快！”太阳狂叫，“不然整个世界都要被烧掉了！”
于是塔沃第三次冲了上去，这次，他成功砍断弓弦，放出了太阳。等他回来，他的个子只有现在这么小了！他不再强大，只是在小路上蹦跳时，留下的步子还是那么大，那可是他网住太阳的时候，迈开一步的距离啊。