` Will you sew my coat together ? I had an unlucky accident , and it is quite impossible to wear , ' he said , when he found her . ` With pleasure , ' she answered , for she had always been taught to be polite ; and getting her needle and thread she began to fit the pieces . But though she was very good-natured , she was not very clever , and she got some of the bits wrong . When the wolverine , who was very particular about his clothes , came to put it on , he grew very angry . ` What a useless creature you are ! ' cried he . ` 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 XXXXX smart as ever , leaving the mouse quite grateful behind him .
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