The Bear agreed, but said, “I will take the basket myself, so you don’t run away.”
One day, Masha went into the forest with her friends to pick berries and mushrooms. She wandered deeper and deeper among the trees, and soon she lost sight of her friends. She called out to them, but no one answered. Masha was all alone.
Here’s a possible text for an of Masha and the Bear , based on the original Russian folk tale (before the popular animated series): Masha and the Bear (Old Folk Version)
Out popped Masha, safe and smiling. Her grandparents hugged her and praised her cleverness. And from that day on, Masha never wandered into the forest alone again.
She walked and walked until she came upon a small wooden hut. She knocked—no one answered—so she went inside. The hut belonged to a great, shaggy Bear. When the Bear returned at sunset and saw Masha, he growled, “Aha! Now you will stay here and cook, clean, and keep my house. You will never leave!”
