It will sound much finer there . ' So the bear carried his wife 's body to the storehouse , while he himself went back to the cave to cook some pap for the mourner . From time to time he paused and listened for the sound of wailing , but he heard nothing . At last he went to the door of the storehouse , and called to the fox : ` Why do n't you howl , godfather ? What are you about ? ' And the fox , who , instead of weeping over the dead bear , had been quietly eating her , answered : ` There only remain now her legs and the soles of her feet . Give me five minutes more and they will be gone also ! ' When the bear heard that he ran back for the kitchen ladle , to give the traitor the beating he deserved . But as he opened the door of the storehouse , Michael was ready for him , and slipping between his legs , dashed straight off into the forest . The bear , seeing that the traitor had escaped , flung the ladle after him , and it just caught the tip of his tail , and that is how there comes to be a spot of white on the tails of all foxes . -LSB- From Finnische Mahrchen . -RSB- How The Beggar Boy Turned Into Count Piro Once upon a time there lived a man who had only one son , a lazy , stupid boy , who would never do anything he was told . When the father was dying , he sent for his son and told him that he would soon be left alone in the world , with no possessions but the small cottage they lived in and a pear tree which grew behind it , and that , whether he liked it or not , he would have to work , or else he would starve . Then the old man died . But the boy did not work ; instead , he idled about as before , contenting himself with eating the pears off his tree , which , unlike other pear trees before or since , bore fruit the whole year round . Indeed , the pears were so much finer than any you could get even in the autumn , that one day , in the middle of the winter , they attracted the notice of a fox who was creeping by . ` Dear me ; what lovely pears ! ' he said to the youth . ` Do give me a basket of them . It will bring you luck ! '
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