tortoise ! ' but the tortoise took no notice . Then the jackal kicked him out of the way , and went to the well and began to drink , but scarcely had he touched the water , than the tortoise seized him by the leg . The jackal shrieked out : ` Oh , you will break my leg ! ' but the tortoise only held on the tighter . The jackal then took his bag and tried to make the tortoise smell the honeycomb he had inside ; but the tortoise turned away his head and smelt nothing . At last the jackal said to the tortoise , ' I should like to give you my bag and everything in it , ' but the only answer the tortoise made was to grasp the jackal 's leg tighter still . So matters stood when the other animals came back . The moment he saw them , the jackal gave a violent tug , and managed to free his leg , and then took to his heels as fast as he could . And the animals all said to the tortoise : ` Well done , tortoise , you have proved your courage ; now we can drink from our well in peace , as you have got the better of that thieving jackal ! ' -LSB- Contes Populaires des Bassoutos ; recueilli et traduits par E. Jacottet . Paris : Leroux , éditeur . -RSB- THE BEAR Once on a time there was a king who had an only daughter . He was so proud and so fond of her , that he was in constant terror that something would happen to her if she went outside the palace , and thus , owing to his great love for her , he forced her to lead the life of a prisoner , shut up within her own rooms . The princess did not like this at all , and one day she complained about it very bitterly to her nurse . Now , the nurse was a witch , though the king did not know it . For some time she listened and tried to soothe the princess ; but when she saw that she would not be comforted , she said to her : ` Your father loves you very dearly , as you know . Whatever you were to ask from him he would give you . The one thing he will not grant you is permission to leave the palace . Now , do as I tell you .
Go to your father and ask him XXXXX give you a wooden wheel-barrow , and a bear 's skin .
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