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Chukcha Stories
Animal Stories Of The North
Translated by Fainna Solasko
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Illustrated by Y.Rachov
How Gopher And Bear Exchanged Houses
One day Brown Bear was standing on a hill. Gopher was drinking water at the river bank. When Gopher saw Bear she called out,
"Hey, Bear, come over here!"
Bear lumbered over.
"There's something important I want to tell you," Gopher said. "What can you tell me that's so important?"
"Well, I thought it would be a good idea if we exchanged houses."
"All right. Let's. Where's yours?"
"Over there on the hill. Where's yours?"
"Over there on the mountain."
"I'll live in your house now," Gopher said happily. "And you can have mine."
Bear headed off to Gopher's burrow, and Gopher set out for Bear's den.
When Gopher reached the den she inspected it. "What a fine house I've found! What a fine life I'll have here!" she exclaimed in delight.
Bear found Gopher's burrow, but he could only stick his nose inside it. He huffed and puffed, but couldn't get any farther in. So Bear went back to see Gopher.
"What is it?" Gopher asked. "f couldn't squeeze into your house."
"Don't be silly! I've crawled into yours, haven't I?"
"Well, I couldn't even get my nose in properly."
"Let's compare noses, then," Gopher said and stretched out along Bear's nose. "Hm! Am I really smaller than your nose? I guess we're not going to exchange houses after all, because you can't live in my burrow. Goodbye, then. I'll be going home."
So each one went on living in his own house.
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