The Bear Who Wrestled With The Barrel

Somewhere in the Westfjords there is a farm below a steep Berges on which a rich farmer lived high up on the Grat he had a large shed in which he kept his fish and other Married things. close to the shed. It was as if surrounded by a wall; for large stones lay in rows on both sides, while on the ground was completely flat.

The farmer had noticed that when it got dark in the evening was, usually a bear came, which took the straight path to the shed climbed up and went to his fish, and in this way he had already had caused some damage. He had thought up a ruse, to get the pet to stop eating his fish. He let a a huge barrel that blocked the way when it was rolled down the mountain, filled it with stones and struck the He then left the barrel on the ridge, where the fenced path began and waited there until the bear came. He appeared at the usual time and went up the mountain unsuspectingly But when he was almost at the top, the farmer rolled the Tonne. to get downhill as soon as possible, while Petz with all his might tried to stop them in their tracks. He couldn't turn around; Because then he had the bin tightly; jump over the barrel; because he needed all his strength to to make her resistance so that she did not fall on his head. He ran this way with the bin all night and slowly slid Back in front of her until she was on the bottom of the ground. The pet was close to collapsing from exhaustion and crept away, by squinting after the bin.

The farmer, however, followed him with his laughter and had been in since then His scales rest in front of him.