the famous spinner , the baker of good cakes , the prudent housekeeper is torn from her husband ! Lou , lou , lou ! she is gone ! she is gone ! ' ` Now at last I have found some one who knows the art of lamentation , ' exclaimed the bear , quite delighted ; and he led the fox back to his cave , and bade him begin his lament over the dead wife who was lying stretched out on her bed of grey moss . But this did not suit the fox at all . ` One can not wail properly in this cave , ' he said , ` it is much too damp . You had better take the body to the storehouse . 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 .
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