The Lynx and the Hare: A Chippewa Fable

Lynx (n)

• complying or willing to comply with orders or requests; submissive to another's will

• (of a place or building) bleak and lifeless

• a wild cat with yellowish-brown fur (sometimes spotted), a short tail, and tufted ears, found chiefly in the northern latitudes of North America and Eurasia

• a fast-running, long-eared mammal that resembles a large rabbit, having long hind legs and occurring typically in grassland or open woodland

• cottage; a small house at the gates of a park or in the grounds of a large house

hare (n)

• complying or willing to comply with orders or requests; submissive to another's will

• (of a place or building) bleak and lifeless

• a wild cat with yellowish-brown fur (sometimes spotted), a short tail, and tufted ears, found chiefly in the northern latitudes of North America and Eurasia

• a fast-running, long-eared mammal that resembles a large rabbit, having long hind legs and occurring typically in grassland or open woodland

• cottage; a small house at the gates of a park or in the grounds of a large house

lodge (n)

• complying or willing to comply with orders or requests; submissive to another's will

• (of a place or building) bleak and lifeless

• a wild cat with yellowish-brown fur (sometimes spotted), a short tail, and tufted ears, found chiefly in the northern latitudes of North America and Eurasia

• a fast-running, long-eared mammal that resembles a large rabbit, having long hind legs and occurring typically in grassland or open woodland

• cottage; a small house at the gates of a park or in the grounds of a large house

obedient (adj)

• complying or willing to comply with orders or requests; submissive to another's will

• (of a place or building) bleak and lifeless

• a wild cat with yellowish-brown fur (sometimes spotted), a short tail, and tufted ears, found chiefly in the northern latitudes of North America and Eurasia

• a fast-running, long-eared mammal that resembles a large rabbit, having long hind legs and occurring typically in grassland or open woodland

• cottage; a small house at the gates of a park or in the grounds of a large house

barren (adj)

• complying or willing to comply with orders or requests; submissive to another's will

• (of a place or building) bleak and lifeless

• a wild cat with yellowish-brown fur (sometimes spotted), a short tail, and tufted ears, found chiefly in the northern latitudes of North America and Eurasia

• a fast-running, long-eared mammal that resembles a large rabbit, having long hind legs and occurring typically in grassland or open woodland

• cottage; a small house at the gates of a park or in the grounds of a large house