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one day rab*t took his bow and arrow and went hunting. he left the house where he lived with his grandmother and hopped1 through the forest, happy to be out and about. suddenly he saw huge footprints in the track.
"wow! check out the size of this!" rab*t said, twitching2 his nose. he hopped into the middle of the left footprint, then took six long hops3 to reach the right one.
"this dude is some giant" he said out loud, talking to himself because no one else was there. the forest was silent. he couldn't *n hear a wing flap, or a bear breathing.
"i bet that giant's hunted *rything!" said rab*t angrily. and sure enough, when he checked, there wasn't anything left to hunt.
rab*t went home to his grandmother and told her he hadn't hunted anything for dinner because the giant had been to the forest first. she patted him on the head. "don't worry dear. i've picked some berries. we can have them for dinner."
"i don't want stupid berries. i want to eat something i've hunted!" rab*t grumbled4 to himself. he didn't say it out loud because he didn't want to hurt his grandmother's feelings.
the next day rab*t got up earlier, hoping to hunt before the giant came. no luck. *rything had gone already. "it's not fair!" cried rab*t, stamping his feet.
each day rab*t got up earlier and earlier, and each day the same thing happened. the giant got there first.
rab*t became angrier and angrier. "i will set a trap for the giant. and when i catch him, i'll shoot him with my bow and arrow." he strung a net across the track to catch anyone who walked down it. then he went home to his grandmother, thinking "this will be the last night i have to eat berries for dinner. tomorrow i'll be able to go hunting."
the next morning rab*t got up extra early and went to check on his net. "oh no!" he wailed5.
"the giant has walked right throng6 it and made a *g hole!" he went home and told his grandmother. "don't worry dear, have a berry" she said.
"i don't want any * berries" cried rab*t "i want to eat something i have hunted." then he looked at his grandmother and thought for a moment. "you know some magic. will you make me a special net?" he pleaded.
"alright. if it will make you happy." she told rab*t to go away because the magic was secret. when he came back she gave him a net as thin as a spider's web, but stronger than any net *r made.
rab*t tied it across the track in the forest. the next morning, he got up extra early and rushed out into the forest. he hopped round a bend in the track and skidded7 to a halt. there was a blinding light coming from his magic net. it was so bright, he couldn't look at it for * than a second. "oh no!" he wailed. "i've captured the sun".
"let me out of here," roared sun in a deep load voice that shook the forest. rab*t fell backwards8 onto the track, then hopped home as fast as he could to tell his grandmother.
"you must let sun out of the net," said his grandmother "look how dark it is *rywhere." "i'm scared" said rab*t.
"i know" answered his grandmother, "but if you don't let sun out of the net it will always be dark. here's a magic knife. go and cut the net." rab*t hopped back into the forest.
"let me out of here" roared sun, thrashing around in the net with his *g feet. rab*t slowly moved forward, his little legs shaking with fright. the closer he got, the hotter it became. closer and hotter, closer and hotter.
little legs shaking and sweat gushing9 from him, rab*t shielded his eyes and reached up to cut the net with the magic knife
sun struggled free then jumped upwards10. one of his *g feet kicked rab*t on the shoulders, almost knocking him over. the sky filled with light again and all the animals cried out in happiness.
rab*t looked at his sore shoulders. they were scorched11 brown with the heat from sun's foot - and they are still brown to this day.
the end
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