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The King of the Wetland

The American Indian legend which recounts how each animal got its tail is rivalled by a ‘cock ’n’ bull’ story told by a Mister Lapierre of Dundee which tackles the muskrat’s tail.
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The American Indian legend which recounts how each animal got its tail is rivalled by a ‘cock ’n’ bull’ story told by a Mister Lapierre of Dundee which tackles the muskrat’s tail.

Literature and Language All subjects
  • director
    André Desrochers
  • producer
    André Desrochers
  • script
    André Desrochers
  • music
    Jérôme Langlois

Education

Ages 8 to 12
School subjects
English Language Arts - Children's Stories/Fables Geography - Territory: Protected Science - Life Systems/Ecology

Questions/Activities:

  • What is the story behind the Muskrat’s unusual tail?
  • What is the story behind the saying “dressed to the nines?”
  • Rewrite
    • Have you students create their own stories or fables as ways to explain various real-world phenomena. 

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