And the snake died , and the two brothers skinned it . They then folded the skin up into a very small parcel , and the cat tucked it into his mane , for snakes ' skins can do all sorts of wonderful things , if you are lucky enough to have one of them . All this time they had had no dinner , for the snake 's flesh was not nice , and the lion did not like eating bear -- perhaps because he never felt sure that the bear was REALLY dead , and would not jump up alive when his enemy went near him . Most people are afraid of SOME thing , and bears and serpents were the only creatures that caused the lion 's heart to tremble . So the two brothers set off again and soon reached the side of a hill where some fine deer were grazing . ` Kill one of those deer for your own dinner , ' said the boy-brother , ` but catch me another alive . I want him . ' The lion at once sprang towards them with a loud roar , but the deer bounded away , and they were all three soon lost to sight . The cat waited for a long while , but finding that the lion did not return , went back to the house where they lived . It was quite dark when the lion came home , where his brother was sitting curled up in one corner . ` Did you catch the deer for me ? ' asked the boy-brother , springing up . ` Well , no , ' replied the man-brother . ` The fact is , that I did not get up to them till we had run half way across the world and left the wind far behind us . Think what a trouble it would have been to drag it here ! So -- I just ate them both . ' The cat said nothing , but he did not feel that he loved his big brother . He had thought a great deal about that deer , and had meant to get on his back to ride him as a horse , and go to see all the wonderful places the lion talked to him about when he was in a good temper . The more he thought of it the more sulky he grew , and in the morning , when the lion said that it was time for them to start to hunt , the cat told him that he might kill the bear and snake by himself , as HE had a headache , and would rather stay at home . The little fellow knew quite well that the lion would not dare to go out without him and his ball for fear of meeting a bear or a snake .
The quarrel went on , and for many days neither of the brothers spoke to each other , and what made them still more cross was , that they could get very little XXXXX eat , and we know that people are often cross when they are hungry .
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