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Sleep Tight Stories - Bedtime Stories for Kids

Why the Wild Rabbits are White in Winter 🐇

Sleep Tight Stories - Bedtime Stories for Kids

Sleep Tight Media

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family

4.22.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

An Algonquin legend that explains why the wild winter rabbit’s coat changes color in the winter. Rabbit wears a brown coat until he asks for help against his many enemies and he is given a coat of white to help him hide in the snow.

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Visit LEGO.com for more details. Welcome to Sleep Tight Stories. Long ago, Wild Rabbit of the Northland wore a brown fur coat throughout the year. Today when the long winter months come,

1:30.0

Wild Rabbit changes his coat of brown to one that is the color of the snow.

1:39.0

And this is how the change happened.

1:45.0

Wild Rabbit could not defend himself from his many foes.

1:55.0

Almost all the animals, foxes of all kinds, wild cats, wolves, wolverines, weasels, and ermine, hunted wild rabbit for food.

2:12.0

Then there were the fierce birds, the eagles, hawks, and owls. They were

2:22.3

always on the lookout for rabbits, young or old. The result was that with

2:32.2

this war continually waged against them,

2:36.0

the poor rabbits were having a hard time of it,

2:41.0

especially in winter.

2:46.4

They found it very difficult to hide themselves when the leaves were off the trees and the ground was covered with snow.

2:59.0

In those days of long ago, the animals used to have a large council.

3:06.5

There was a great father at the head of each kind of animal and bird, and these leaders used to meet and talk about the welfare of their

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