Friday, May 14, 2010

African book about a laughing frog and a rabbit?

I am trying to find the title of a picture book I read in elementary school. The story was African, and was about a rabbit who had a monster in her house, and there was a frog that stood outside laughing because the rabbit couldn't figure out how to get it out. There are many other animals in the story, and they all have ideas about how to get the monster out, but none of them work. In the end, the frog has the solution. Any Ideas?African book about a laughing frog and a rabbit?
Who's in Rabbit's House?: A Masai Tale, by Verna Aardema





In the tale, a rabbit leaves its home and then comes back to find it locked up. Inside, a voice roars that it is The Long One, that it can eat trees, and that it is particularly skillful at trampling elephants. Rabbit attempts to get help for the problem, but rejects Frog's offer right from the start. This frees up Frog to linger, watch the action, and laugh at the many failed attempts to roust The Long One. Jackal, Leopard, Elephant, and Rhinoceros all have solutions, but these tend to consist of destroying Rabbit's home. Finally, Frog returns with a clever ploy and scares The Long One (now shown to be merely a boastful caterpillar) out of the house. Everyone has a good laugh, but none so heartily as Frog
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