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- Brer Rabbit is having no such luck, so he and Brer Turtle work together to distract the others by making them think Sister Moon is in the pond and scaring away the fishes so that they can steal their fish for themselves.
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Brer Rabbit and Brer Turtle decide on a hot day to have some fun at the expense of the bear together with Unk Tommy Mud Turtle. At the pond they challenge the bear to slide down a long, sharp rock into the cooling water.
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Brer Rabbit, trickster figure originating in African folklore and transmitted by African slaves to the New World, where it acquired attributes of similar native American tricksters (see trickster tale); Brer, or Brother, Rabbit was popularized in the United States in the stories of Joel Chandler.
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The rabbit sees a briar patch and gets an idea to use reverse psychology to make them throw him in there. They do so, and Brer Rabbit gets free and tricks them into jumping into the patch themselves. Back in the present, Brer Fox happens upon Brer Turtle and Janey and asks where Brer Rabbit went.
Br'er Rabbit (/ ˈ b r ɛər / BRAIR; an abbreviation of Brother Rabbit, also spelled Brer Rabbit) is a central figure in an oral tradition passed down by African-Americans of the Southern United States and African descendants in the Caribbean, notably Afro-Bahamians and Turks and Caicos Islanders.
In this story, Brer Turtle alludes to how he beat Brer Rabbit in a race; you can read that story here if you are curious: Mr. Rabbit Finds His Match at Last. Unlike the Aesop's fable where the turtle wins by being "slow and steady," in this story, the turtle wins by means of a trick of course!
Well now, Brer Rabbit had made friends with Old Man Tarrypin, a big turtle that lived in the pond near his house. Brer Rabbit and Old Man Tarrypin liked to pull tricks on Brer Fox, and that rascally fellow got pretty mad about it.
This trio, singularly or collectively, attempts to humiliate, outsmart, and sometimes even kill Brer Rabbit. In contrast, Brer Rabbit tries to nullify the plans of his stronger archenemies by using his superior intelligence and his quick thinking.
