` You must have wonderfully good eyes ! I wish I had ; but my sight is very short . ' ` So was mine till my father smashed a pailful of cranberries , and rubbed my eyes with them , ' replied the wolverine . ` But if you like to go and gather some of the berries I will do just as he did , and you will soon be able to see as far as me . ' It took the bear a long while to gather the berries , for she was slow about everything , and , besides , it made her back ache to stoop . But at last she returned with a sackful , and put them down beside the wolverine . ` That is splendid , sister ! ' cried the wolverine . ` Now lie flat on the ground with your head on this stone , while I smash them . ' The bear , who was very tired , was only too glad to do as she was bid , and stretched herself comfortably on the grass . ' I am ready now , ' said the wolverine after a bit ; ` just at first you will find that the berries make your eyes smart , but you must be careful not to move , or the juice will run out , and then it will have to be done all over again . ' So the bear promised to lie very still ; but the moment the cranberries touched her eyes she sprang up with a roar . ` Oh , you must n't mind a little pain , ' said the wolverine , ` it will soon be over , and then you will see all sorts of things you have never dreamt of . ' The bear sank down with a groan , and as her eyes were full of cranberry juice , which completely blinded her , the wolverine took up a sharp knife and stabbed her to the heart . Then he took off the skin , and , stealing some fire from a tent , which his sharp eyes had perceived hidden behind a rock , he set about roasting the bear bit by bit . He thought the meat was the best he ever had tasted , and when dinner was done he made up his mind to try that same trick again , if ever he was hungry . And very likely he did ! -LSB- Adapted from Bureau of Ethnology . -RSB- The Husband of the Rat 's Daughter Once upon a time there lived in Japan a rat and his wife who came of an old and noble race , and had one daughter , the loveliest girl in all the rat world . Her parents were very proud of her , and spared no pains to teach her all she ought to know .
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