The Tailor and the Bear (8)

The Tailor and the Bear (8)

  So the little Tailor gave him again more pebbles, and the Bear worked hard, and bit with all his strength, but as you may be sure, without success ; the Tailor, meanwhile, keeping him in a good humour by pretending to crack the stones for him, but always very cleverly changing them for real nuts.

  Presently the little Tailor took a violin from under his coat, and began to play upon it.

  On this, the Bear, who understood music, could not help standing up and beginning to dance, and, after he had danced for a little while, he was so pleased with the music that he said to the Tailor :
  " Is it very difficult to lean to play upon that fiddle ? "

  " Oh, no ; quite easy, " said the Tailor.

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