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Long long ago, there was a lake in the desert. Frog was the only one who lived in that lake. He didn’t have legs, but he had a long tail. So he could only live in the water. One day, Snake came over. Snake had four legs, but had no tail. He said : “Frog, I’m in a big trouble! I need your help. If you help me out, you can get whatever you want from me.” “What happened?” Frog asked. “Well, remember my medcine bag with green decoration on it? I lost it when I was chasing a rabbit. I asked owl for help, and he told me to look for it in the lake. But I can’t swim. Can you help me find my medicine bag in the water?”
So Frog went to the bottom of the lake. He found the medicine bag easily. But to his surprise, there was a pretty purple flower grew out of the medicine bag! Frog didn’t understand why Snake put something bigger than medicine bag into it. But he still went up and gave the medicine bag to Snake. “Why did you change my thing in my medicine bag?” Snake asked angrily. “I didn’t know what happened, but I just want the reward that you promised to me! I want your four legs!” Frog was angry too. “No. You can’t have my legs! Because you didn’t help me! You took away my thing and changed it to a flower!”
They argued for a long time, and finally decided to ask owl to be their judgement.
After hearing their story, Owl laughed and asked Snake: “Were there some seeds in your medicine bag?” “Yes. But, how do you know?” “Your seeds grew up to this flower when they were in the water. Frog didn’t change your seeds. You should trust your friend and make good your promise.”
Snake felt guilty and sorry so he gave frog his four legs. Now frog can live in both water and land. But snake couldn’t walk any more without legs. Owl said:“Frog, do you want to give your long tail to frog so that he can still walk?” Frog gave Snake his long tail and Snake could crawl on the ground.
“I have another question. I didn’t go to the lake, but why my medicine bag was in the lake?” Snake asked Owl. “The Rabbit found it after you were gone, and threw it into the lake.” Owl answered him.
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