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How Chipmunk Got His Stripes

A Tale of Bragging and Teasing

by Joseph Bruchac, James Bruchac · 2001

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When Bear and Brown Squirrel have a disagreement about whether Bear can stop the sun from rising, Brown Squirrel ends up with claw marks on his back and becomes Chipmunk, the striped one

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