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What the Bear Whispered in his Ear. Paid guide climbs tree and leaves traveler to mercy of a bear. Traveler feigns death and the bear sniffs at him and leaves. The guide: "What did the bear say to you?" "He said, never trust a coward like you." [J1488].
*Anderson in Tauscher Volksmarchen 177; Wienert FFC LVI 68 (ET 319), 126 (ST 349); Aesop (Halm No. 311); Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 422. - Irish; French Canadian; Polish (169) 1; India 4.