9/18/2023 0 Comments Reynard fox and wolfWhen theyīoth woke, the sun had melted the butter on the bear's tail, so that he Tail with it, and lay down to sleep as if nothing had happened. Then sneaking gently back to the bear, he rubbed his But Reynard, instead of sleeping,Ĭrept softly to the butter tub, and got a little that still remainedīetween the staves. His innocence, and that he had not even tasted the butter, he lay down to The bear was willing to undergo the ordeal. One whose tail is the greasiest when we wake, must be the one who has Let us both now lie down on this sunny bank, and the One said that the other must have been to the Inquired the name of the child, he answered, "Licked to the Bottom!"Īt length they agreed to go and look after their butter, and when theyįound it all eaten up, the bear accused the fox, and the fox accused theīear, of having eaten it. He came back, he had been once more to a christening, and when the bear "Yes," and ran to the butter tub, and this time he ate the remainder. The bear thought that was a strange name, though he did not wonder longĪbout it, but gave a gape and went to sleep again. "What is the name of the child?" asked the bear. Where he had been, he answered, "Oh, would you believe it? I have again When he came back, and the bear again asked Sprang up again and cried out, "Yes," and ran to the butter tub. "Oh, indeed! What is the name of the child?" asked the bear. He said, "What do you think of my being invited to a christening?" When he returned the bear asked him where he had been, as he looked "Yes," and ran away towards the butter tub, out of which he ate a good When they had lain some time, the fox started up and cried out, They then went a little distance and lay down on a sunny bank to They intended to keep till Christmas, and, therefore, hid it under a thick pineīush. The Fox Cheats the Bear out of His Christmas Fare NorwayĪ bear and a fox had once bought between them a tub of butter, which Jacobs, an eminent folklorist, derived this "restored" text from a variety of European sources.Source: Joseph Jacobs, Europa's Fairy Book (New York and London: G."See, the honey is oozing out of your snout. The hive and smeared it round Bruin's snout. Soon Master Bruin commenced to doze, and Mr. No sooner said than done, and the two lay side by side in the sunshine. In the sunshine, and if either of us has eaten the honey, the sun will You must have eaten the honey yourself, perhaps Your side except when I went a-gossiping, and then ![]() "How could that be?" I have never stirred from Was no honey left, and he turned round to Reynard and said, "Just-Begun, When they got to the beehive, Bruin was so surprised to find that there Some of his honey and asked Reynard to come and join him in the feast. Reynard to the child that didn't exist was "All-Gone." You can guessĪ short time afterwards, Master Bruin thought he would like to eat up The third time the same thing occurred, and this time the name given by To the child, Reynard said, "Half-Eaten." And when he came back and Bruin asked him what was the name given So he told Bruin that he had to go to another christening. Reynard had forgotten all about the christening and could onlyĪ little while after, Reynard thought he would like another feast of Then he went back to Bruin, who asked him what name had been given to So off Reynard goes into the woods, andĪfter a time he crept back and uncovered the beehive and had such a feast That means godfather, you know - to one of my old friends." So one day he said to Bruin, "Pardner, I have to go and be gossip. That Master Reynard didn't know how to get away from him and get hold of But Bruin kept so close a guard upon his honey Reason? Well, Reynard knew that Bruin had a beehive full of honeycomb, and Went into partnership and kept house together. You must know that once upon a time Reynard the Fox and Bruin the Bear Ashliman's folktexts, a library of folktales, folklore, ![]()
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