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The Raccoon met the Opossum, and the Opossum said: "How did you make such pretty rings on your tail?"
The Raccoon replied: "I wrapped bark around my tail and stuck it into the fire."
Then the Opossum got some bark, wrapped it around his tail, which then had hair on it, and built a fire. He stuck his tail into the fire and burned all of the hair off and ever since then opossums have had no hair on their tails.