Grade 4 · Folk tale
The Farmer and the Bear
Long ago, a farmer was plowing a field at the edge of a forest when a huge brown bear came crashing out of the trees. "This field belongs to me," the bear growled. "If you want to farm it, you must give me half of everything that grows."
Retold by PlayOwl from a European folk tale
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