Why bear has a short tail

As he was walking, he came upon Otter sitting near a hole on the ice with a pile of fish. You see, back then Bear had a very long bushy tail.

He was very proud of his tail, and all the animals knew it. When a fish bites onto my tail, I quickly pull it up and out of the water. Use my fishing hole as long as you like. Bear carefully poked his tail into the ice hole and waited.

He waited and waited. Once in a while he'd wiggle his tail so the fish could see it. Bear waited until the sun began to set, but not one fish even nibbled at his tail. At last, he decided to go home, but when he tried to stand up, his tail had frozen into the ice! He couldn't move! This is a traditional folktale. I might use this in a first grade class and allow my students to do a little project with the book by creating drawings of the plot of the book.

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Be the first to start one ». This story about a bear that lost its tail, is a classic example of this. A bear wants to catch many fish and more than what it needs. It runs into a fox and asks the fox for some ideas to catch a lot of fish.

A fox is a fox. It tells the bear to drop its tail in icy waters to attract fish. The bear also believes the fox and endures the cold in order to catch fish. When it can take no more of the cold and the fish bites, the bear is ready to pull its tail out of the water.