` Do you expect me to go about in such a coat as that ? Why it bulges all down the back , as if I had a hump , and it is so tight across the chest that I expect it to burst every time I breathe . I knew you were stupid , but I did not think you were as stupid as that . ' And giving the poor frog a blow on her head , which knocked her straight into the water , he walked off in a rage to his younger sister the mouse . ' I tore my coat this morning , ' he began , when he had found her sitting at the door of her house eating an apple . ` It was all in little bits , and I took it to our sister the frog to ask her to sew it for me . But just look at the way she has done it ! You will have to take it to pieces and fit them together properly , and I hope I shall not have to complain again . ' For as the wolverine was older than the mouse , he was accustomed to speak to her in this manner . However , the mouse was used to it and only answered : ' I think you had better stay here till it is done , and if there is any alteration needed I can make it . ' So the wolverine sat down on a heap of dry ferns , and picking up the apple , he finished it without even asking the mouse 's leave . At last the coat was ready , and the wolverine put it on . ` Yes , it fits very well , ' said he , ` and you have sewn it very neatly . When I pass this way again I will bring you a handful of corn , as a reward ' ; and he ran off as smart as ever , leaving the mouse quite grateful behind him . He wandered about for many days , till he reached a place where food was very scarce , and for a whole week he went without any . He was growing desperate , when he suddenly came upon a bear that was lying asleep . ` Ah ! here is food at last ! ' thought he ; but how was he to kill the bear , who was so much bigger than himself ? It was no use to try force , he must invent some cunning plan which would get her into his power .
At last , after thinking hard , he decided upon something , and going up XXXXX the bear , he exclaimed : ` Is that you , my sister ? '
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