Once upon a time there lived a bear and a fox. The bear had a tub of honey stored in the attic of his hut. The fox found out about this and began to think about how she could get to the honey.
The fox ran to the bear and sat under the window: “Godfather, you don’t know my bitterness!” Let them spend the night with you.—?Go, godfather, spend the night. So they went to sleep on the stove. The fox lies and wags its tail. How can she get to honey?
The bear fell asleep, and the fox tapped his tail. The bear asked: -? Godfather, who's knocking there? -? And they came for me, they're calling me back. -? So go, godfather.
The fox has left. And she climbed into the attic and began to eat honey from the tub. She ate, came back and lay down again. “Godmother, and godmother,” asks the bear, “what was the name?” “Pochinochkom.” “That’s a good name.”
The next night they went to bed, the fox tut-tapped his tail: -? Godfather, godfather, they’re calling me again. -? So go, godfather.
The fox climbed into the attic and ate half of the honey. She came back again and lay down.—?Godfather, what did they call godmother?—?Half and half.—?That’s a good name.
On the third night, the fox tap-tap with his tail: -? They call me back again. -? Kuma, and godfather, - says the bear, - don’t walk long, otherwise I want to bake pancakes. -? Well, I’ll turn around soon.
And she herself went into the attic and finished the honey in the tub, scraping everything out. She turned back, and the bear had already stood up.—?Kuma, and godmother, what did they call it?—?Skrebyshkom.—?This name is even better. Well, now let's bake pancakes.
The bear baked pancakes, and the fox asked: -? Where is your honey, godfather? -? And in the attic. The bear climbed into the attic, but there was no honey in the tub - it was empty. -? Who ate it? - asks. “It’s you, godfather, there’s no one else!”—? No, godfather, I’ve never seen honey. Yes, you ate it yourself, and you’re talking about me!
The bear thought and thought... -? Well, - he says, - let's torture who ate it. Let's lie belly up in the sun. Whoever's honey melts away means he ate it.
They lay down in the sun. The bear fell asleep. But the fox can't sleep. Lo and behold, honey appeared on her stomach. She quickly began to smear it on the bear's stomach. -? Godfather, godfather! What is this? That's who ate the honey! The bear - there is nothing to do - obeyed.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru