` What would you do , my nose , if someone was to betray me ? ' ' I would smell so sharply that I should know from afar that he was coming . ' ` What would you do , my tail , if someone was to betray me ? ' ' I would steer you so straight a course that you would soon be beyond his reach . Let us be off ; I feel as if danger was near . ' But the fox was comfortable where he was , and did not hurry himself to take his tail 's advice . And before very long he found he was too late , for the bear had come round by another path , and guessing where his enemy was began to scratch at the roots of the tree . The fox made himself as small as he could , but a scrap of his tail peeped out , and the bear seized it and held it tight . Then the fox dug his claws into the ground , but he was not strong enough to pull against the bear , and slowly he was dragged forth and his body flung over the bear 's neck . In this manner they set out down the road , the fox 's tail being always in the bear 's mouth . After they had gone some way , they passed a tree-stump , on which a bright coloured woodpecker was tapping . ` Ah ! those were better times when I used to paint all the birds such gay colours , ' sighed the fox . ` What are you saying , old fellow ? ' asked the bear . ` I ? Oh , I was saying nothing , ' answered the fox drearily . ` Just carry me to your cave and eat me up as quick as you can . ' The bear was silent , and thought of his supper ; and the two continued their journey till they reached another tree with a woodpecker tapping on it . ` Ah !
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