Once upon a time there lived a squirrel with four cubs.
They are sitting in their nest and hear a dog barking. Yes, it's getting closer, closer. Apparently some hunter showed up in the forest. The baby squirrels got scared, and the mother squirrel said:
“We still need to see what kind of hunter this is.” Maybe you shouldn't be afraid of him. Look, kids, what he looks like.
The baby squirrels leaned out of the hollow, looked down and laughed:
- What a strange one! He is dressed smartly, on his head is a hat with a feather, on his feet are patent leather boots. The gun is all covered in copper decorations and shines like gold. And the dog, apparently, is well fed and looks shiny.
“Well, then there’s nothing to be afraid of, sleep well,” the squirrel decided, “such a hunter won’t find us.”
And in fact, the hunter stood, stood, and went with the dog to continue wandering through the forest.
“It’s an empty tree,” he said to himself, “and there are no squirrels there.”
The next day, another hunter came across a tree with a squirrel's nest. He lazily tapped the ax on the trunk, and the dog barked several times.
“Look, kids, what kind of shooter came here,” the squirrel ordered.
The baby squirrels came out of the hollow, looked down and said:
“The hunter is in rich clothes, and he has a good-quality gun, but the dog is fat, overfed, and his coat is shiny.”
“There’s nothing to be afraid of, sleep well,” said the squirrel, “the hunters are inept, they won’t find us.”
The hunter stood, stood and walked away with the dog.
On the third morning, again a dog barked at the tree. The baby squirrels looked out of the hollow and said:
- The hunter has worn-out clothes, an old gun, and the dog is lean, fast, not a step away from our tree.
The squirrel became alarmed and hurried her sons:
- Oh, trouble, trouble! This is a real hunter! Let's run away from here quickly!
The little squirrels jumped, as they all rushed in all directions, and that was the only way they escaped from the hunter.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru