In this adaption of a Cree legend, Rabbit gazes longingly at the moon, wishing he could view the Earth from up there. He tries to reach the moon by jumping, but he can't leap high enough. He asks his friends the birds to fly him there, but they just laugh at him. Finally, Crane agrees.
Rabbit holds on tight to Crane's legs as Crane lifts them into the sky. Rabbit holds on so tight, in fact, that by the time they reach the moon Rabbit's paws are bloody and Crane's legs have stretched. When Rabbit pats Crane on the head in gratitude, he stains Crane's headdress of feathers red. To this day Crane still walks on stretched-out legs, longer than the legs of other birds, and he still wears a headdress of bright red feathers. And some nights, if you look at the full moon, you can still see Rabbit there, riding across the night sky.
