One bear, when he became very old and could no longer hunt cows and bulls, could not climb tall trees to steal honey from bees, raised chickens and began to feed on them. But his chickens were poorly bred: the bear did not have a chicken coop, and the chickens were carried away by birds of prey. To get rid of such trouble, the bear decided to build a chicken coop.
The fox heard about this and came to the bear.
“I’m a good carpenter and I can build you the chicken coop you want,” said the fox.
The bear was delighted with the carpenter fox and instructed her to build a chicken coop. The fox began work and soon built a good chicken coop. The bear examined the chicken coop and was pleased with it: the walls are strong, high, there are feeders, perches and even nests for laying eggs.
For good work, the bear generously rewarded the fox, and she left. But the bear’s chickens again disappeared every day, even though the chicken coop was good.
Then the bear hired a wolf to guard the chickens. On the very first night, the wolf caught the very fox who built the chicken coop near the chicken coop. Apparently, she was the one carrying the chickens. She made a secret, unnoticed loophole in the chicken coop, climbed into the chicken coop through it and took away the chickens.
“How ungrateful you are!” said the bear to the fox. “You will be punished for this.”
He ordered the wolf to tie the fox to a large tree, and he himself uprooted a large birch tree and stunned the fox with one blow. This is how the trial of the bear over the carpenter fox took place.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru