“Give me the part that grows above ground.”
After they had harvested the turnips, they went on to the wheat field where the Man put the same question.
The wheat stocks were all dry and shriveled. Osmo looked at them wisely and said:
“This time you better give me the part that grows under the ground.”
The Man laughed in his sleeve and agreed.
One day the following winter the two met and the Man invited the Bear to dinner. Osmo who was very hungry accepted the invitation gladly.
First they had baked turnips.
“Oh, but these are good!” Osmo said. “I’ve never tasted anything better! What are they?”
“Why,” the Man said, “they’re the turnips from that field that you and I planted together.”
The Bear was greatly surprised.