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Baby Rattlesnake

by Te Ata · 1993

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Baby Rattlesnake wants a rattle like his older siblings have. His crying keeps the rattlesnake elders up all night so his parents give him a new rattle. Sure enough, he misuses his new rattle. When he tries to scare the chief's daughter, she steps on his rattle and crushes it. Sad and defeated, he returns to his forgiving family who give him "big rattlesnake hugs."

Genre
folklorefolkloreMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of this
Themes
diversitydiversityMore like thisLess of thisanimalsanimalsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisSpainSpainMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrenspicture books
Length
short · 32 pages

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