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Today's story is called Why Bears Have Stumpy Tales, an adaptation of a classic folk tale written for you by Daniel Hines and Michael Lowe. We have stories podcast merch available at stories podcast.com slash shop. We're also on

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Enjoy the episode. Why Bears Thanks! long before cities and a good time before cars and phones and all the noisy things humans made,

Bears, as you might know, had tails.

Not the sort of tiny stubby tails you and I imagine when we think of bears now.

Oh no, these were long, luxurious tales.

Fluffy and elegant.

A bear's tail was its pride and joy and any bear with a sense of style

made a point of keeping their tails flowing fur fancifully fine.

And it was just such a tale, one with beautiful, flowing reddish-brown fur that waved high

above the river one day in summer.

Breda was fishing for her lunch, but even when she pounded on summer. pride held high. On the banks of the river a pile of the shimmering silver fish flopped.

Breda was an expert at her craft and her feast promised to be a delicious and delightful one.

When she emerged from the Surging River, another salmon in her mouth, she spotted something amiss.

A stranger. There, almost close enough to snatch a fish, but not close enough for her to take a

swipe with her massive claws, was a slender, wide-eyed creature, a fox.

Breda shook herself, spraying water everywhere, and then checked her tail, which she found

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