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The Hungry Little Bear
Once upon a time in a warm day of summer there was, in little village on the mountains, a young boy living with his father who was a forest ranger. Every afternoon, after school was finished the boy went into the woods to take little walks. One day he went for a picnic, he brought a lot of food of tasty food in order to enjoy his time. The smell of the food attracted a cute baby bear. The boy first reaction was fear, but then the baby bear started talking to him trying to calm him down. The boy was amazed that he could understand what the bear was saying to him. It was already late and the boy needed to get on his way back home, but he promise the bear he would come back the next day.
The boy went next day in search for the little baby bear. After a long walk while searching for the bear he realize he wasn't there. He was worried that bear didn´t keep up with his promise. He returned back to the village to have some lunch at his house. Suddenly he saw right from the neighbor's kitchen window the bear looking for something. Instantly he ran after the bear taking him out of there before his neighbors realize he was there sneaking for something. He successfully convinced the bear of getting out of the house just in time. The boy started questioning the bear of such actions taken, and the bear respond to him saying he was going through severe hungriness in the woods because he had no mother. The boy knowing from his father that animals are really important for environment and humans need to do whatever it takes to save them, he took the bear home and feed him with human food.
Some months had passed, and the little boy and the bear became really good friends. Every day the bear reached the little boy´s house looking for some food. The boy´s father realized something wrong was happening by the fact food was finishing so quickly. He thought maybe an animal or a neighbor was stealing the food. To solve this problem he put a trap on the backyard to catch whoever was stealing the food. The trap was a hole on the ground that will caught the robber. As always the bear went into the house to look for some food, but this time something went wrong. He got caught in the trap the father made. As soon as the little boy realized that the bear was trapped in the hole he tried to help him. He approached to the bear and tried to help him giving him his hand so he could go out of the hole. Instead of holding the boy’s hand the bear bite him. The little boy ran away and leaving the bear trapped in the hole.
Moral of the fable: Never bite the hand that feed you.
