Next she met a bear.
"Hi, fox, where are you going with that duck? Give it to me!"
"You go away while you're still safe, Bruin. If you don't I'll tell Felix Ivanovich and he'll send you to the scaffold."
"And who may Felix Ivanovich be?"
"The one who was sent from the Siberian woods to be governor here. I used to be Miss Fox, now I'm Lizbeth Ivanovna, the governor's wife."
"Can't I see the governor, Lizbeth Ivanovna?"
"Oh no! My Felix Ivanovich is so bad-tempered, he eats everyone he doesn't take a fancy to. You go and get a bullock and bring it to him as a present. But be careful, put the bullock where he can see it and then go and hide so that Felix Ivanovich doesn't see you; you'll be in trouble if you don't do as I tell you."
The bear went to look for a bullock and the fox went home to Felix Ivanovich.
Then the wolf came with a sheep, skinned it and stood there wondering what to do next. While he was thinking, up came the bear with a bullock.
