`` My poor bear , '' said the mother , `` lie down by the fire , only take care you do n't burn your fur . '' Then she called out : `` Snow-white and Rose-red , come out ; the bear will do you no harm ; he is a good , honest creature . '' So they both came out of their hiding-places , and gradually the lamb and dove drew near too , and they all forgot their fear . The bear asked the children to beat the snow a little out of his fur , and they fetched a brush and scrubbed him till he was dry . Then the beast stretched himself in front of the fire , and growled quite happily and comfortably . The children soon grew quite at their ease with him , and led their helpless guest a fearful life . They tugged his fur with their hands , put their small feet on his back , and rolled him about here and there , or took a hazel wand and beat him with it ; and if he growled they only laughed . The bear submitted to everything with the best possible good-nature , only when they went too far he cried : `` Oh ! children , spare my life ! `` Snow-white and Rose-red , Do n't beat your lover dead . '' When it was time to retire for the night , and the others went to bed , the mother said to the bear : `` You can lie there on the hearth , in heaven 's name ; it will be shelter for you from the cold and wet . '' As soon as day dawned the children led him out , and he trotted over the snow into the wood . From this time on the bear came every evening at the same hour , and lay down by the hearth and let the children play what pranks they liked with him ; and they got so accustomed to him that the door was never shut till their black friend had made his appearance . When spring came , and all outside was green , the bear said one morning to Snow-white : `` Now I must go away , and not return again the whole summer . '' `` Where are you going to , dear bear ? '' asked Snow-white . `` I must go to the wood and protect my treasure from the wicked dwarfs . In winter , when the earth is frozen hard , they are obliged to remain underground , for they ca n't work their way through ; but now , when the sun has thawed and warmed the ground , they break through and come up above to spy the land and steal what they can ; what once falls into their hands and into their caves is not easily brought back to light . '' Snow-white was quite sad over their friend 's departure , and when she unbarred the door for him , the bear , stepping out , caught a piece of his fur in the door-knocker , and Snow-white thought she caught sight of glittering gold beneath it , but she could n't be certain of it ; and the bear ran hastily away , and soon disappeared behind the trees . A short time after this the mother sent the children into the wood to collect fagots .
They came in their wanderings upon a big tree which lay felled XXXXX the ground , and on the trunk among the long grass they noticed something jumping up and down , but what it was they could n't distinguish .
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