Previously, the bear did not let anyone live. Big and strong, he will either bark loudly and seriously scare someone, or accidentally, clumsily, crush small animals and birds to death, or break trees and destroy nests made by the inhabitants of the forest with great difficulty and perseverance. He offended many and did not give them peace.
The animals somehow tried to prompt and calm down the owner of the taiga. Well, no matter what, I didn’t listen to them. “Don’t teach me,” he answered, “I know myself... I do what I want...” It was mid-October. Sayan autumn removed yellowed leaves from the trees and with the sound of a cold wind called everyone to prepare for winter. A difficult time of year lies ahead.
And so the animals began to think: what to do next with the bear? If he behaves the same way, then don’t expect good from him, it will be bad. From all over the taiga, animals, animals, birds gathered together in their suglan, filled the clearing, sat on trees, stones, stumps, and they were visible and invisible. They gathered to decide what to do with the rude man.
[Suglan – congress, council. ]
They held a trial over the bear. The elk was chosen as judge. The big and small animals expressed many grievances - each of them spoke, and there was such a noise that it seemed like an unprecedented hurricane had risen. The bear had never seen anything like this in his life - he shrank, became somehow small and pitiful. The verdict was passed - to punish the bear so that he would be imprisoned all winter.
Since then, the clubfoot does not walk through the taiga in winter, but goes into hibernation as punishment for his rudeness.
And he calmed down a lot.
The animals said:
- We must live peacefully!
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru