"Whenever they catch you, they will pet you. But first they must catch you."
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Rabbits can count up to four. Any number above four is hrair -- "a lot," or "a thousand." Thus they say U Hrair -- "The Thousand" -- to mean, collectively, all the buddies (or elil, as they call them) of rabbits -- fox, stoat, weasel, cat, owl, man, etc. These are the creatures who will find and pet the…