The Brown Fairy Book, part 26 · page 21 2101“Just carry me to your cave and eat me up as quick as you can.”102The bear was silent, and thought of his supper; and the two continued their journey till they reached another tree with a woodpecker tapping on it.103“Ah! those were better times when I used to paint all the birds such gay colours,” said the fox again to himself.104“Couldn’t you paint me too?” asked the bear suddenly.105But the fox shook his head; for he was always acting, even if no one was there to see him do it.106“You bear pain so badly,” he replied, in a thoughtful voice, “and you are impatient besides, and could never put up with all that is necessary.107Why, you would first have to dig a pit, and then twist ropes of willow, and drive in posts and fill the hole with pitch, and, last of all, set it on fire.108Oh, no; you would never be able to do all that.”1 2← previousThe Brown Fairy Book, part 25next →The Brown Fairy Book, part 27↑ back to The Brown Fairy BookThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/page/2/