1 the water sprite and the bear.
2 the water spirte and the bear sowed beets.
3 the water sprite said: "the bottom (belongs) (to) me!" and the bear said: "i take the top!"
4 in autumn the beets were ripe to collect, and now the water sprite and the bear apportion their beets among each other.
5 the bear took the top, the water sprite took the underground part (actually the part from the soil).
6 the bear eats the beet stems, but he isn't full up. "it doesn't taste good!" he says.
7 the bear said to the water sprite: "well! let's sow rye! but this time i take the bottom, the underground part, and this time you get the top!"
8 they sowed, cut after that the rye and after the harvest they took the sheaves home.
9 thereon they tresh, and the water sprite took the grain, but the bear the straw.
10 the bear started to eat and already says: "you are cheating me! you gave me the beet stems, but took the beets for yourself. now i took the bottom of the rye, and it doesn't taste good neither: you got the rye, the straw remained for me! i don't want to sow with you anymore!"
11 the bear went back to the forest and from now on he sowed his beets and rye alone.