Leyenda Mexicana Ingles

RABBIT IN THE MOON

An ancient Mayan legend tries to explain why this animal form that evening guess if we look the Morning Star . The shadows of the craters on the rugged lunar surface , according to the pre-Columbian simulate moving a rabbit jumping .

 The old legend says:

Quetzalcoatl, the great and good God , went to travel once around the world in the likeness of man. As he had walked a whole day at nightfall he was fatigued and hungry. But still he kept walking , until the stars began to shine and the moon looked out the window of heaven. Then he sat on the edge of the road, and there it was resting , when I saw a bunny that had gone out to dinner .

-What are you eating ?, he asked .

-I'm eating grass . Want some?

-Thanks, but I do not eat grass .

-What will you do then?

-To die either from starvation and thirst .

Bunny came to Quetzalcoatl and said:

-Look, I 'm just a bunny , but if you're hungry, eat me , I'm here .

Then God touched the bunny and said:

- You will not be more than a bunny, but everyone , forever, has to agree with you.

And raised high, very high , to the moon , which was stamped the figure of the rabbit. Then the god came down to earth and said:

-There you have your picture in the light, for all men and for all times .

 

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