<div class="floatright">(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_et9ttl8zdzQ/TD_-vwBMOGI/AAAAAAAAN5E/eP7JumXuE2M/s1600/1a3f651e06434edab4aee510aaf9f5b6.jpg)</div><br/>"Carrying Br'er Rabbit along," Michelle told the story, now walking along with her right arm gripped tightly around what must have been the story's Br'er Rabbit, "Br'er Fox boasted how he'd finally gotten the best of his worthy foe.  You see, it's not who wins the first battle, but the last battle that determines the war.  You can win all you want, but you only have to lose once, and that's your life right there."  Her hands splayed out as if to say "kaput."<br/><br/>"'Well, Br'er Rabbit,'" said Michelle her voice changing gently to mimic the quicker, crueler tone of a fox, unpracticed but likely a very close match for the way she'd originally heard the tale, "I think first I'm going to have to skin you!  Then I'm going to roast you and eat you!"<br/><br/>Michelle then stopped deadpan.  A gentle but mischievous smile spilled out over her face, somewhat muted and sly.  "But that Br'er Rabbit, he said that he didn't mind.  'Do whatever you like, Br'er Fox,' he said, calm and collected, but his eyes were wide and bright, staring at something just over Br'er Fox's shoulder."<br/><br/>Her expression went quickly suspicious, and she turned her head around to the side, searching the room in expectation.  "Br'er Fox, though, he noticed the look in Br'er Rabbit's eyes, and he quickly turned, noticing the briar patch that was lying nearby.  Br'er Rabbit then started screaming, 'Oh, please, Br'er Fox!  Skin me!  Roast me and eat me!  But please, oh, please don't throw me in that briar patch!"<br/><br/>Her smile grew much wider, wide enough to show teeth, evil in her eyes that came from a source so malicious as to take delight in inflicting suffering.  "Br'er Fox just couldn't resist, grinning as he started swinging Br'er Rabbit.  'Oh, you'll be cut to ribbons!' Br'er Fox chuckled, and threw Br'er Rabbit inside!"<br/><br/>She made a dramatic show of swinging something three times around, around and around before flinging far and wide, throwing...herself, apparently, as then barreled forward, throwing herself into a somersault across the room.  "When Br'er Rabbit peeked his head up from the thorns, he was all smiles, laughing with pure merriment.  'I was born and raised in a briar patch, Br'er Fox!' he called back.  'Born and raised!'  Br'er Fox tried to follow suit after the rabbit, but he couldn't navigate his way through the thorns, and only ended up getting terribly injured."<br/><br/>The story completed, she gave a soft bow, only giving Gideon a smile and wave of greeting once she started to notice her surroundings once more.