One day, when the bear still had a tail, he met with a fox carrying a load of fish.
The fox had stolen them, but he said he had caught them. 'It's easy,' he told the bear, 'all you have to do is make a hole in the ice and stick your tail in it. The fish come to bite it and they get stuck onto it.'
The bear decided to try it. In spite of the freezing cold he kept his tail in the hole for so long that the ice closed around it and imprisoned him. He had to pull so hard to free himself that his tail came clean away.... and it has never grown back again.
The fox had stolen them, but he said he had caught them. 'It's easy,' he told the bear, 'all you have to do is make a hole in the ice and stick your tail in it. The fish come to bite it and they get stuck onto it.'
The bear decided to try it. In spite of the freezing cold he kept his tail in the hole for so long that the ice closed around it and imprisoned him. He had to pull so hard to free himself that his tail came clean away.... and it has never grown back again.
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