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Animal Stories Of The North
Translated by Fainna Solasko
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Illustrated by Y.Rachov
Trying To Think
One day Brown Bear met Moose.
"Hello, Moose," Bear said.
"Hello, Bear."
Bear looked at himself, then at Moose, and said, "That's funny. How come we don't look alike?"
"What d' you think the difference is?" Moose wanted to know.
"Why, there are two branching trees growing out of your head, but there aren't any growing out of mine."
Moose looked at himself, then at Bear, and said, "You're right. We don't resemble each other. Everything about us is different, even our legs and hides. How come?"
"Let's go on together," Bear said. "Maybe we'll meet someone who knows the answer."
So Moose and Bear walked on together. After a while they came upon Mountain Goat.
"Can you tell us why we don't look alike?" Bear asked, happy to have found someone who might know. "Oh, but you don't resemble us, either!"
"Don't I?" Mountain Goat was really surprised.
"Of course not. You've got two big logs growing out of your head. Moose has two branching trees growing out of his, but there's nothing growing out of mine."
Mountain Goat became still more puzzled. "I always thought we were alike."
"Let's sit down and try to figure it out," Bear said.
They sat down in a little clearing and began to think. They thought long and hard.
"I can't think any more. Thinking gives me a headache," Moose said.
"Thinking makes me dizzy!" said Mountain Goat.
At this they both rose and trotted off.
"So that's why we don't resemble each other!" Bear cried. "Moose and Mountain Goat are stupid. They can't even think. That's why they've got those things growing out of their heads. Why, they've even run away from trying to think so hard."
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