We begin with a discussion of the "fable" as a genre of literature, thinking through what it does and how it accomplishes those goals. We then offer some brief thoughts on each fable before turning more concertedly to the last, about the Rabbit and the Possum. We think through how this fable is anomalous in relation to the others--there's no moral, and the story explains less a natural phenomenon than a man-made one--and why these anomalies matter. We close with a reconsideration of what "traditional" means for Native people, in light of settler attempts to restrict them to a "mystical past."
