Mighty Mikko; a book of Finnish fairy tales and folk tales . St fl^TS SWj 1 £ M ADVENTURE XIITHE BEAR SAYS NORTH. One day while Osmo, the Bear, wasprowhng about the woods he caught aGrouse. Pretty good! he thought to him-self. Wouldnt the other animals besurprised if they knew old Osmo hadcaught a Grouse!* He was so proud of his feat that he wanted all theworld to know of it. So, holding the Grouse carefullyin his teeth without injuring it, he began parading upand down the forest ways. Theyll all certainly envy me this nice plumpGrouse, he thought. And they wont be so ready 293 294. MIGHTY MIK
Mighty Mikko; a book of Finnish fairy tales and folk tales . St fl^TS SWj 1 £ M ADVENTURE XIITHE BEAR SAYS NORTH. One day while Osmo, the Bear, wasprowhng about the woods he caught aGrouse. Pretty good! he thought to him-self. Wouldnt the other animals besurprised if they knew old Osmo hadcaught a Grouse!* He was so proud of his feat that he wanted all theworld to know of it. So, holding the Grouse carefullyin his teeth without injuring it, he began parading upand down the forest ways. Theyll all certainly envy me this nice plumpGrouse, he thought. And they wont be so ready 293 294. MIGHTY MIKKO to call me awkward and lumbering after this, either! Presently Mikko, the Fox, sauntered bj^ He sawat once that Osmo was showing off and he determinedthat the Bear would not get the satisfacion of any ad-miration from him. So he pretended not to see theGrouse at all. Instead he pointed his nose upwardsand sniffed. Um! Um! grunted Osmo, trying to attract atten-tion to himself. All, Mikko remarked, casually, is that you, Osmo?What way is the wind blowing to-day? Can you tellme? Osmo, of course, could not an
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