The Rabbit Snare
Nature NuggetStory★★★★Down on his knees in the snow, an Indian was making a little path between some pine branches which he was pushing down into the snow.
“What are you making?” asked a man who had been watching him.
“A snare for rabbits,” answered the Indian.
“But I don’t see the snare,” said the man.
“HA! HA!” laughed the Indian. “I shan’t put in the snare for a couple of weeks yet. I fix this lane now so the rabbits will get used to it. Tonight they’ll come and be scared about it. Next night they’ll come a little closer. Soon they’ll grow bolder, thinking there is no danger, and nibble at the twigs. Then I’ll put my snare in the middle of the little arch, and I shall catch a rabbit every night.”
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The point
An Indian explains how he prepares a rabbit snare by gradually getting rabbits accustomed to a path before setting the trap.