The Duck in a Noose Line

The last cryptic message from Montgomery County of Maryland police Chief Charles A. Moose to the Washington area sniper referred to a Cherokee Indian story about an arrogant rabbit that was duped by the duck he tried to catch. The ancient story has been passed down through generations of Cherokees. It's believed that the phrase is a reference to a Cherokee legend. In it, a rabbit brags that he can catch a duck and throws a noose over the neck of a duck, but it flies away with the rabbit hanging on. Eventually, the rabbit must let go, landing in a hollow tree stump. So apparently the phrase was kind of a covert dig at the police. They were like the rabbit who