the bear and the wolf grew uneasy, and turned back and went into their holes. the young willow-wrens, however, continued to cry and scream, and when their parents again brought food they said, "we will not so much as touch one fly’s leg, no, not if we were dying of hunger, until you have settled whether we are respectable children or not; the bear has been here and has insulted us!" then the old king said, "be easy, he shall be punished," and he at once flew with the queen to the bear’s cave, and called in, "old growler, why hast thou insulted my children?