Myths and Tales form Greece and Romania May 2012 | Page 130

“Well, well, my friend! Did the fish eat your tail or were you
too greedy and didn’t want to leave any fish in the pond?”
When he heard she was taunting him on top of everything
else, the bear got even more enraged and dashed towards
the tree; but the opening of the hollow was very narrow and
there was no way the bear would be able to get in. So he
looked for a branch with a curved, pointy end like a hook and
started poking inside the den to bring the fox out and give her
a thrashing.