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Brer Rabbit
     
Brer Rabbit
the main character in the children's stories by Joel Chandler Harris. Brer Rabbit is a clever rabbit from the South of the US, who always manages to escape from danger or from being caught, usually by running into a brier patch (=group of bushes with sharp points on their branches).
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