Ableegumooch The Lazy Rabbit Analysis

My ex boyfriend, on numerous occasions, told me a fantastical story about his mothers friend, a woman who had shoplifted an item from a store, and on the way to her car the police had arrested her on the spot. With the basic knowledge that I posses about the way that retail employs handle shoplifters, and the fact that police gave out citations for such crimes because they have better things to devote manpower to than arresting people for petty larceny, I knew that the story was a tall-tale his mother had spun in order to prevent him from shoplifting. Such cautionary tales are a time honored tradition that present themselves in different cultures for as far back as spoken languages have existed. Such accounts aim to answer the “Why”s that parents are presented with by their young children, or to
This fact would suggest that this anecdote, while working effectively as a warning, also likely served as a trickster tale. As stated earlier, trickers were often used for the purpose of show the danger of doing or not doing certain activities; although, there is another important element to trickster tales. The adventures of a trickster are often humorous, and this can be seen clearly in “Ableegumooch, the Lazy Rabbit”. When Ableegumooch is attempting to gather the food the way that other species of animals do, his failed attempts are often witnessed and mocked for their silliness. At one point he even takes to hitting his head against a tree in the way that he saw a woodpecker do (Ableegumooch, the Lazy Rabbit). The image of a rabbit repetitively banging his head on a tree is a humorous image not matter age or cultural background. It allows the story to be amusing to the masses. With this figure and the point of the story, it becomes evident that there are traditional themes in this story, but, in addition to subjects, the tale also employed familiar storytelling