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The bear; where did you get all that fish from?
I have been out fishing, Mr. Bear! said the fox.
Now that the bear heard that, he also wants to learn to fish? He asked the fox to teach him how to fish.
That is a simple art for you Mr. Bear, said the fox, and it’s quick to learn. All you got to do is go out on the ice, make a hole and put your butt down in it. And then you have to hold it there fore a long, long time. Don’t worry about the burning and itching that you might feel, it’s just the fish nipping at your tail. The longer you hold it down there these more fish you get. And in-between are you going to poll it fast up.
Yes, the bear did what the fox had touted him. He holds his butt down in the hole for a long, long time, to it was good and frozen. He pulled his back part up as fast as he could, and off was the beautiful tail. And to the day of today the bear still goes around with just a stump of a tail.
ps. not the best translation ;D
from a norwegian fairytail





