The little brother was certainly very much puzzled at not seeing anything of either of the animals , which had vanished suddenly out of his sight . He paused for an instant to think what he should do next , and while he did so he fancied he heard Redmouth 's voice on the opposite side of the mountain . With great difficulty he scrambled over steep rocks , and forced a path through tangled thickets ; but when he reached the other side the sound appeared to start from the place from which he had come . Then he had to go all the way back again , and at the very top , where he stopped to rest , the barking was directly beneath him , and he knew in an instant where he was and what had happened . ` Let my dog out at once , bear chief ! ' cried he . ` If you do not , I shall destroy your palace . ' But the bear chief only laughed , and said nothing . The boy was very angry at his silence , and aiming one of his arrows at the bottom of the mountain , shot straight through it . As the arrow touched the ground a rumbling was heard , and with a roar a fire broke out which seemed to split the whole mountain into pieces . The bear chief and all his servants were burnt up in the flames , but his sister and all that belonged to her were spared because she had tried to save the two elder boys from punishment . As soon as the fire had burnt itself out the little hunter entered what was left of the mountain , and the first thing he saw was his two brothers -- half bear , half boy . ` Oh , help us ! help us ! ' cried they , standing on their hind legs as they spoke , and stretching out their fore-paws to him . ` But how am I to help you ? ' asked the little brother , almost weeping . ' I can kill people , and destroy trees and mountains , but I have no power over men . ' And the two elder brothers came up and put their paws on his shoulders , and they all three wept together . The heart of the bear chief 's sister was moved when she saw their misery , and she came gently up behind , and whispered : ` Little boy , gather some moss from the spring over there , and let your brothers smell it . '
With a bound all three were at the spring , and as the youngest plucked a handful of wet moss , the two others sniffed XXXXX it with all their might .
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