The bear slept in its den all winter. When the snow began to melt from the sun and the first streams began to run, the bear woke up. He came out of the den hungry. After all, I haven’t eaten anything all winter.
The bear went to look for food. I searched and searched, but found nothing. He met a stump on the way. He got angry, grabbed the stump and began to turn it upside down. But he couldn’t turn it out because he was hungry and weak.
A chipmunk jumped out from under a stump. Chipmunk too
like the bear, he slept all winter in his hole under a stump.
- Grandfather, why are you so angry?
- I really want to eat. Do you have anything to eat?
“I’ll bring it now,” answered the chipmunk. He climbed into his hole and brought out
a lot of sweet roots and nuts - your autumn supply.
“Eat, grandpa,” he says to the bear. The bear ate and said:
- Although you are a small animal, you are a good one.
The bear stroked the chipmunk with its clawed paw. This caused black stripes to appear on the chipmunk's back.
Since then, all chipmunks have black stripes on their backs.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru