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while he himself went back to the cave to cook some pap for the mourner. From time to time he paused and listened for the sound of wailing, but he heard nothing. At last he went to the door of the storehouse, and called to the fox:
‘Why don’t you howl, godfather? What are you about?’
And the fox, who, instead of weeping over the dead bear, had been quietly eating her, answered:
There only remain now her legs and the soles of her feet. Give me five minutes more and they will be gone also!’
When the bear heard that he ran back for the kitchen ladle, to give the traitor the beating he deserved. But as he opened the door of the storehouse, Michael was ready
