1 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: Welcome, sleep tight stories. Why bruin has a stumpy tail. 2 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: Once upon a time a sly fox lived in a 3 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:44,240 Speaker 1: deep forest which bordered a river. One fine winter day, 4 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:48,480 Speaker 1: he was lying in the sun near a brush heap, 5 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: with his eyes closed, and he was thinking, it has 6 00:00:55,320 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: been several days since I had a dainty supper. How 7 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: I should enjoy a fine large fish this evening. I'll 8 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: slip over to the edge of the forest and watch 9 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: the fishermen as they go home with the day's catch. 10 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: Perhaps good luck will do something for me. Now. One 11 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: old man had caught a very fine lot of fish 12 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 1: of all sizes. Indeed, he had so many that he 13 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 1: was obliged to hire a cart in which to carry 14 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: them home. He was driving along slowly, when suddenly he 15 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: noticed a red fox crouched under the bush near the road. 16 00:01:56,160 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: He stopped his horse, jumped down from the cart, and 17 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: carefully crept near the spot where he had seen Master 18 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: Raynard the fox. Master Raynard did not open his eyes 19 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 1: or move a muscle. Well, said the old fisherman, I 20 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 1: do believe he is dead. What a fine coat he has. 21 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: I will take him home and give him to my 22 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: wife for a present. He lifted the fox and put 23 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 1: him into the cart among the fish. The old man 24 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 1: then got on his seat and drove merrily along, thinking 25 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: how pleased his wife would be with the fine fish 26 00:02:55,440 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: and the fox. When they were well on their way, 27 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:08,519 Speaker 1: the sly fox threw one fish after another out of 28 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: the cart until they all lay scattered along the road. 29 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: Then he slipped out of the cart. When the old 30 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: man reached his cottage, he called out to his wife, 31 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: come and see the fine fish I caught today, and 32 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: I have brought you a beautiful gift. Also, his wife 33 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: hurried to the cart and said, where are the fish, 34 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: my husband, and where is my present? Why they're in 35 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: the cart, he replied in the cart, exclaimed his wife. 36 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 1: Why there is nothing here, neither fish nor present, so 37 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: far as I can see. The old man looked, and 38 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: to his great surprise and disappointment, he discovered that what 39 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: his wife said was true. Meanwhile, the sly fox had 40 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: gathered up the fish and had taken them to the 41 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 1: forest in order to enjoy a fine supper. Soon he 42 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 1: heard a pleasant voice saying, good evening, brother Raynard. He 43 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:36,799 Speaker 1: looked up and saw his friend Bruin Ah, good evening 44 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: to you, answered the fox. I have been fishing to day, 45 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 1: and as you see, luck certainly found me. It did, indeed, 46 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 1: answered the bear, could you not spare me one fish? 47 00:04:55,520 --> 00:05:02,799 Speaker 1: I should consider the gift a great favor, oh, answered 48 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: the fox. Why don't you go fishing yourself? I assure you, 49 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:14,840 Speaker 1: when one becomes a fisherman, he thoroughly enjoys the fruits 50 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:23,480 Speaker 1: of patience. Go fishing, my friend, said Bruin in astonishment. 51 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: That is impossible. I know nothing about catching fish. I 52 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: assure you, ah, it is very easy, especially in the 53 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 1: winter time when ice nearly covers the river. Let me 54 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 1: tell you what to do. Make a hole in the 55 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 1: ice and stick your tail down into it. Hold it 56 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 1: there just as long as you can, and keep saying, come, 57 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: little fish, come, b fish. Don't mind if the tail 58 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 1: smarts a little. That only means that you will have 59 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:14,280 Speaker 1: a bite. And I assure you the longer you hold 60 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 1: it there, the more fish you will catch. Then all 61 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 1: at once, out with your tail, give a strong pole sideways, 62 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 1: then upward, and you will have enough fish to last 63 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 1: you several days. But mind you follow my directions carefully. Oh, 64 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 1: my friend, I am very grateful for your kind information, 65 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: said Bruin, and off he went to the river, where 66 00:06:54,279 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 1: he proceeded to follow master Fox's directions. In a short time, 67 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 1: sly Rennerd passed by, and he saw Bruin patiently sitting 68 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: on the ice with his tail in a hole. The 69 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: fox laughed and laughed until his sides ached. He said 70 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 1: wickedly under his breath, A clear sky, A clear sky. 71 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 1: Bruin's tail will freeze. Bruin's tail will freeze. What did 72 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 1: you say, my friend, asked the bear. Oh, I was 73 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:48,239 Speaker 1: making a wish, replied the fox. All night long Bruin 74 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 1: sat there fishing patiently. Then he decided to go home. 75 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: How very heavy his tail felt. He thought to himself 76 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: that all the fish in the river must be fastened there. 77 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: In a little while, the women of the village came 78 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,559 Speaker 1: to get water from the river, and when they saw 79 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: the bear, they called out at the top of their voices, 80 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 1: come come a bear, a bear, catch him, catch him. 81 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,720 Speaker 1: The men came quickly with great sticks in their hands. 82 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 1: Poor Bruin gave a short pull sideways, and his tail 83 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 1: snapped off. Short. He made off to the woods as 84 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 1: fast as he could go. But to this day the 85 00:08:52,559 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 1: bears go about with a stumpy tail. Quin. 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