After a cold winter, mother bear and baby bear woke from their hibernation. Baby bear told mother bear, “Mama, I'm so hungry!” Mother bear said, “Come, I'll catch some fish for you to eat.” They came to a river. Mother bear was very agile and caught many fish in no time. Baby bear ate the fish happily. For the next few days, whenever baby bear became hungry, he would ask the mother bear to catch some fish. He never bothered to learn how to catch fish.

One day, when mother bear and baby bear came to the river, mother bear said, “Dear son, shall I teach you how to fish?” Baby bear leaned against his mother and said, ”I don't know how to fish. But you can do it so well! Won't you catch it for me?” Mother bear was worried that if baby bear didn't learn how to catch his own fish, he would not be able to feed himself in the future. So, she thought of an idea.

For the next two days, when mother bear brought baby bear to the river to fish, she stood in the river and moved very slowly on purpose. She let the fish escape every time. Then, she told baby bear, “Dear son, I feel ill. I don't have the strength to fish anymore.” For the next few days, mother bear didn't get up from her bed. Baby bear thought to himself, “Mama is sick and hasn't eaten anything for days, she will die if I don't do anything. I must learn how to catch fish, so that mama won't starve.” He carried his wooden bucket to the river and tried to imitate how his mother caught fish. He didn't catch any fish in the beginning, but the baby bear didn't give up. Finally, he learned how to fish! Soon, he filled his bucket with fish in no time. He brought the fish home to his mother and said happily, “Mama! I learned how to fish!” Mother bear thought to herself, “My plan worked! Though I had to starve for a few days, baby bear finally learned how to fish on his own.”
 

寒冷的冬天過去，熊媽媽和小熊從冬眠中醒來，小熊對熊媽媽說：「媽媽，我好餓喔！」熊媽媽說：「好，媽媽捉魚給你吃。」母子倆來到溪邊，熊媽媽動作很靈活，一下子就捉了好幾條魚，小熊吃得好開心。接下來幾天，小熊只要肚子餓，就吵著要熊媽媽捉魚給牠吃，自己從沒想過要學著如何捉魚。

這一天，小熊和熊媽媽到溪邊捉魚，熊媽媽說：「乖兒子，媽媽教你捉魚，好嗎？」小熊撒嬌說：「我不會，媽媽捉得又快又多，您捉給我吃就好了。」熊媽媽很擔心小熊不會捉魚，將來就無法照顧自己，於是想了一個辦法。

隔兩天，小熊又和熊媽媽去溪裡捉魚，熊媽媽站在溪裡，故意動作很慢，每次都讓魚從手中游走，接著對小熊說：「兒子，媽媽生病了，手沒有力氣沒辦法捉魚。」接下來幾天，媽媽都躺在床上休息，小熊心想：「媽媽生病又沒吃東西，這樣下去會死掉，我一定要學會捉魚，這樣媽媽就有魚可以吃了。」於是牠提著木桶到溪裡學媽媽捉魚，剛開始一條魚也捉不到，可是小熊不放棄，最後終於學會了，一下子就捉滿了一桶子的魚。提著魚回家的小熊高興地說：「媽媽，我會捉魚了！」熊媽媽心想：「這個苦肉計成功了，雖然幾天沒吃東西，可是終於讓小熊學會謀生的能力。」