But as he stooped down the water gave a sudden fizzle , and splashed into the fox 's eyes , blinding him . He started backwards with a cry of pain , and sat still for some minutes , rocking himself to and fro . When he was a little better he rose and walked down a road till he met a grouse , who stopped and asked what was the matter . ` Have you a pair of eyes anywhere about you ? ' asked the fox politely . ` No , I am afraid I have n't , ' answered the grouse , and passed on . A little while after the fox heard the buzzing of an early bee , whom a gleam of sun had tempted out . ` Do you happen to have an extra pair of eyes anywhere ? ' asked the fox . ' I am sorry to say I have only those I am using , ' replied the bee . And the fox went on till he nearly fell over an asp who was gliding across the road . ' I should be SO glad if you would tell me where I could get a pair of eyes , ' said the fox . ' I suppose you do n't happen to have any you could lend me ? ' ` Well , if you only want them for a short time , perhaps I could manage , ' answered the asp ; ` but I ca n't do without them for long . ' ` Oh , it is only for a very short time that I need them , ' said the fox ; ' I have a pair of my own just behind that hill , and when I find them I will bring yours back to you . Perhaps you will keep these till them . ' So he took the eyes out of his own head and popped them into the head of the asp , and put the asp 's eyes in their place . As he was running off he cried over his shoulder : ` As long as the world lasts the asps ' eyes will go down in the heads of foxes from generation to generation . ' And so it has been ; and if you look at the eyes of an asp you will see that they are all burnt ; and though thousands and thousands of years have gone by since the fox was going about playing tricks upon everybody he met , the asp still bears the traces of the day when the sly creature cooked the salmon . -LSB- Lapplandische Mahrchen . -RSB-
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