The rabbit's front feet had, however, been severely burned in the fire, this being the reason for rabbits of later generations having such long legs behind and such short ones in front.
然而兔的一雙前肢已經燒焦了，這也是後世的兔子為什麼前肢短後肢長的原因。其實在印度梵語產生的時代，已把兔與月之間的關係聯繫在一起了，梵語「月」指「附有兔印」的意思。