Two sisters, Rose-Red and Snow-White, lived with their mother. One snowy evening, someone knocked at their door. It was a brown bear stiff with cold. They took care of the bear. He spent winters with them and then went away when spring came. One day, the girls came across a dwarf. He was struggling with a huge eagle who was trying to carry him off. The sisters rescued the dwarf but he did not thank them. Then, again one day, they found the dwarf with his beard caught in the branches of a tree. The girls cut his beard. The dwarf became very angry. Just then, their friend, the brown bear, came and killed the dwarf. Suddenly, the bear changed into a handsome young man. He told the sisters that he was a prince. The evil dwarf had cast a spell on him and carried away his money. With the death of the dwarf, the spell was broken. He married Rose-Red while Snow-White married his brother.
The Bear and the Dwarf
