Read the excerpt from "Why Alligator Hates Dog." Dog loved a good chase, so he couldn't resist leaping off the porch in hot pursuit. What he didn't know was that this rabbit was crafty: he led Dog right, then left, then straight to a deep hole. The rabbit jumped over the hole, knowing full well that Dog wouldn't see the hole and would tumble right into it. That hole just happened to be an alligator den, and guess who had made it his home? The setting in this excerpt helps make the folktale seem calm. comical. mysterious.