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loud yap and a squeal followed by a sad mewl. He tried to keep on

eating but the mewl got louder and louder and interrupted the joy he

was having eating his juicy snack.

Kalle left the cloud berries and followed the noise. It did not take

him very long because the closer he got the louder the mewling

became. Eventually Kalle came upon a clearing with an old well in

the middle of it.

The noise became much louder and it hurt his sensitive ears. Kalle

not seeing anyone in the field, could only assume that the noise

came from the well. He approached the well covering his ears with

his paws and looked down.

The well was to dark for him to see the bottom and to see who was

making such a racket. Annoyed that he had been unable to eat the

cloud berries he yelled at the well.

“Oh please cut that horrible noise out, I can barely think!”

Not expecting a response and feeling satisfied for letting his

frustration out Kalle began to leave, but before he could take a

single hop a voice came from the well.

“Oh someone is there, oh very good, very good. I am so glad you

heard me.”

Kalle still a little frustrated spoke in an irritated voice. “How

could I not the with the racket you made, humph it is a wonder that

I am the only one that showed up. Then again your mewling and

yapping may have driven off anyone away with fright.”

“Yes, yes I understand your frustration but please understand mine.

I am stuck at the bottom of this well. It is a little damp and the

stench is making me gasp. Please, please get me out.”

Kalle much calmer and feeling pity for the one stuck in the well

decided he would do what he can to help.

“Very well but do tell me. How did you manage to end up at the

bottom of this well.”

“It is a little embarrassing and I would rather not say. But I will

tell you once you have helped me out.”

“Do you have a name I can call you.”

“Yes yes I do please call me Pelle.”

“Pelle you can call me Kalle.”

Kalle looked at the well and could not see anything that could help.

The bucket hanging above was broken apart and the left over rope was

rotten with age. He looked about the clearing but most of it was

bare. He did spy a clump of weeds at the edge of the forest and that

gave him an idea.

“Pelle I think I have an idea but it shall take a while.”

“Yes, yes but please hurry. The damp is making my bones ache and the

smell is making my nose twitch.”

“I Shall.”

Kalle Rabbit ran into the patch off weeds and found what he was

looking for. There was a large patch of nettles that he quickly

uprooted. He then stripped the nettles into fibres and began to

braid them into a cord. After a lengthy time Kalle Rabbit managed to

assemble a cord that he thought would be long enough to reach to the

bottom of the well.

Kalle returned to the well and called out to Pelle. There was no

answer. He called out a little louder and still no answer came.

Kalle Rabbit leaned over the well to make is voice heard more

easily. In the process Kalle Rabbit knocked over a small rock. The

rock fell into the well. When the rock landed he heard a surprised

yelp.

“Ouch, what, what was that!” Pelle shouted

“Sorry about that I accidentally knocked a rock into the well while

I was trying to get your attention. What are you doing down there

anyway. You did not answer any of my calls.”

“Well well you took such a long time that I became tired and bored

and then fell asleep.”

“Then it is a good thing that I woke you. I have a long cord to get

you out. ”

“Very very good news indeed.”

Kalle looked around the well and found a metal ring sticking out of

the ground. He attached the cord and and dropped it down the well.

“Now Pelle you are going to have use the rope to climb out. I am not

sure I am strong enough to pull you out. Unless of course you are a

vole. ”

“No no, not a vole.”

“A ferret?”

“Not at all, not at all.”

“How about a skunk?”

“Now, now I am certainly not a skunk.”

Kalle was about say another animals name when Pelle's head stuck out

from the well.

“A Fox Kalle shouted!” Kalle rabbit quickly ran away from Pelle and

disappeared into the woods.

“Yes Yes a Fox. Very good.”

Unfortunately for Pelle Fox Kalle was no where to be seen. He wanted

to thank Kalle for his help getting him out of that nasty well.

Pelle was happy to be out of the well and he could feel the ache

from his bones fading and he could finally breath not having to deal

with the stench. Off in the distance he heard a cry and a whimper.

It sounded like it came from Kalle he thought to himself.

Pelle rushed off in the direction of the noise and shortly found a

rabbit tangled up in the roots of a tree.

Kalle running so fast did not pay attention to his surroundings and

ran into a bunch off roots that managed to trap him as well as a

hunters noose. Seeing Pelle approach him he began to beg for his

life.

“Oh please do not eat me as you can see I am not much of a meal.”

Pelle smiled at Kalle and began to pull on the roots.

“Now, now why would I eat the one who saved me from that well

besides rabbit is not to my liking. You can stay there if you like

or get out. I have loosened the roots so you should be able to get

free.”

Kalle pulled himself free from the roots and being very curious

remained to talk to Kalle the fox.

“Ah yes, I believe you were going to tell me how you came about to

be in that well.”

“True, true. I had been told that if one made a wish at a well that

wish would come true. When I found this well I leaned over the wall

to make the wish and somehow leaned just a little to far and I fell

in.”

“Oh my. What was the wish that you had made.”

“Well, well I wished to have a friend but I think that wish may of

been wasted.”

Kalle thought to himself and smiled. He held out his paw to Pelle

and said.

“Hmm Ì think your wish came true. That is if you would like a rabbit

for a friend.”

A happy Pelle took Kalle's paw and shook.

“That I would, That I would”

“Well friend what now?” Pelle Rabbit asked.

“I am a little hungry yes and could use a snack, yes a snack will

do.”

“Well since you do not care for rabbit how about some cloud

berries?”

“Oh, oh I do love berries.”

“Good I know where to find a nice patch.”

Kalle Rabbit and Pelle Fox went off together to eat cloud berries

and soon became great friends.