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Mrs. Tollar's Legend

How raccoons got their masks

Once a long, long time ago there was a family of raccoons that lived in a forest. They were all brown with white around their eyes. They were a very happy family until the day a careless human left his campfire to go on a hike. A big wind came and spread the fire so that most of the forest burnt down. The family of raccoons survived the fire, but grew increasingly sadder because they had nothing to eat. Many other animal families survived the fire, but were unwilling to share their food with the raccoons.The youngest of the raccoons felt he needed to help his family. He decided to sneak food from his neighbor. He realized he needed to disguise himself so he took some of the black ashes left from the forest fire and wiped it over his body and around his eyes. On his way to his neighbor's house, he was spotted by the hiker. The hiker pulled out his camera and took a picture of the raccoon. The flash from the camera burnt the black ashes onto the raccoon's face and ever since then raccoons have masks.

This is how raccoon got their masks