A polar bear walks across the winter tundra - you won’t notice him. It jumps from ice floe to ice floe - as if the wind is throwing snow. On the shore it will become like a hummock covered with snow. But all this is only when the bear’s nose is not visible. Because his nose is black. Everything is white all around, and a black ball is jumping on the ice floe - the bear is running. Because of his nose, he is often left with nothing - everyone has managed to escape from him!
In ancient times, however, the bear was all white. And his nose was white. Then he not only easily sneaked up on a walrus or a seal, but was not afraid to get close to a person either. The hunters go into the tundra, but he approaches the camp, scares the women and children, and steals food. People got tired of this and decided to teach the bear a lesson. The hunters left the camp - the bear saw it. But he didn’t notice how they quietly returned and decided, as always, to take dried fish from people and scare the children.
I've arrived. It was then that the hunters ran out to meet him. Everyone has a firebrand in their hand. The bear rushed in one direction, in the other - hunters, dogs, fire were everywhere. His entire skin became covered in black spots. But the worst thing happened to the bear when one of the hunters hit him on the nose with a burning firebrand. And the nose turned black. The bear escaped to the farthest ice floe, into the ocean. I sat there all winter, removing the black spots. New fur has grown and turned white. And the nose remained black forever. At first the bear didn’t understand what was going on: he couldn’t catch anyone! Everyone is running away from him! Then he realized: the animals see his black nose!
Now, when a bear sneaks towards seals or seals, it covers its nose with its paw. That's how cunning! And since then he doesn’t like to meet people. Better stay away from them!
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru