Bear's Miracle

The book "Bear's Miracle" by the German artist Wolf Erlbruch (winner of the I. Gutenberg and H. C. Andersen awards) was awarded the German Children's Literature Prize in 1993. One day, after hibernation, a little bear woke up, and his... stomach was growling mercilessly. Not surprising: if you sleep for almost half a year, you wake up very hungry. Soon he had fattened himself up again. And now, during long evenings, he dreamed about how strong and big a dad he could become for some little bear cub. But where to find this bear cub?! — Children grow in the fields between the two smallest turnips, — says the hare. — Between what? Two smallest turnips? — asks the magpie. — It's as simple as two plus two: you have to lay an egg and hatch it. — What are you talking about… In such cases, sugar is scattered on the windowsill and you wait for the stork to come, — the salmon smiles slyly…