He asks his friends to give him over to the stranger, you know.
[She tips her head back to look skyward as well, thinking of a night once spent in a tea garden with Suhara, when he'd first told this story to her in his kind, familiar voice.]
Monkey and Fox both bring their gifts to help feed the stranger, and when Rabbit realizes that the grass he eats won't suffice, he asks them both to help him collect firewood. Once it's ablaze, he tells them how he plans to jump into the fire, and asks that, when he's cooked, they take him and give him over to the man. After he stops Rabbit from jumping into the fire, and after he's thanked Monkey and Fox for their offerings, the stranger tells him, "Rabbit, your generosity is without compare — but you must learn never to harm yourself."
[She leans a little, nudging against him.]
It's not just a reward that carries Rabbit up to the moon. He's up there for safekeeping, too.
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[She tips her head back to look skyward as well, thinking of a night once spent in a tea garden with Suhara, when he'd first told this story to her in his kind, familiar voice.]
Monkey and Fox both bring their gifts to help feed the stranger, and when Rabbit realizes that the grass he eats won't suffice, he asks them both to help him collect firewood. Once it's ablaze, he tells them how he plans to jump into the fire, and asks that, when he's cooked, they take him and give him over to the man. After he stops Rabbit from jumping into the fire, and after he's thanked Monkey and Fox for their offerings, the stranger tells him, "Rabbit, your generosity is without compare — but you must learn never to harm yourself."
[She leans a little, nudging against him.]
It's not just a reward that carries Rabbit up to the moon. He's up there for safekeeping, too.