The Brown Fairy Book, part 16 · page 21 2101“What a useless creature you are!” cried he.102“Do you expect me to go about in such a coat as that?103Why it bulges all down the back, as if I had a hump, and it is so tight across the chest that I expect it to burst every time I breathe.104I knew you were stupid, but I did not think you were as stupid as that.”105And giving the poor frog a blow on her head, which knocked her straight into the water, he walked off in a rage to his younger sister the mouse.106“I tore my coat this morning,” he began, when he had found her sitting at the door of her house eating an apple.107“It was all in little bits, and I took it to our sister the frog to ask her to sew it for me.108But just look at the way she has done it!109You will have to take it to pieces and fit them together properly, and I hope I shall not have to complain again.”110For as the wolverine was older than the mouse, he was accustomed to speak to her in this manner.111However, the mouse was used to it and only answered: “I think you had better stay here till it is done, and if there is any alteration needed I can make it.”112So the wolverine sat down on a heap of dry ferns, and picking up the apple, he finished it without even asking the mouse’s leave.113At last the coat was ready, and the wolverine put it on.checked by a teacher114“Yes, it fits very well,” said he, “and you have sewn it very neatly.115When I pass this way again I will bring you a handful of corn, as a reward”; and he ran off as smart as ever, leaving the mouse quite grateful behind him.116He wandered about for many days, till he reached a place where food was very scarce, and for a whole week he went without any.117He was growing desperate, when he suddenly came upon a bear that was lying asleep.118“Ah! here is food at last!” thought he; but how was he to kill the bear, who was so much bigger than himself?119It was no use to try force, he must invent some cunning plan which would get her into his power.120At last, after thinking hard, he decided upon something, and going up to the bear, he exclaimed: “Is that you, my sister?”1 2← previousThe Brown Fairy Book, part 15next →The Brown Fairy Book, part 17↑ back to The Brown Fairy BookThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/page/2/