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Being very interested in myths and legends, I just researched and found an ancient Malay folktale explaining the reason for a bear's short tail.

WHY DOESN'T A BEAR HAVE A LONG TAIL?

[let's find out.]

"One afternoon, a mouse deer was sitting in a pit, eating nuts. He heard a tiger coming closer and he thought the tiger was going to eat him. The mouse deer was very scared and his heart beat very hard.
Then, an idea came to his mind and he made a loud noise of chewing nuts, saying, "Wow, how delicious is this tiger's eye!" He repeated it five times.
Tiger, the king of jungle, was scared to hear that and he moved back.

Tiger met a bear on the way and he said, "Hey, Bear. Do you hear of the animal on the pit over there, eating tiger's eyes?"
Bear said, "I don't know, Your Majesty,"
Tiger said, "Then let's see."
Bear replied "But I'm scared, Your Majesty."
Tiger said, "Don't worry. Let's make a deal. We're going to stay together, by uniting our tails. If anything happens, both of us will face it."

Tiger and Bear tied their tails and moved into the pit cautiously because they were expecting to see a big enemy. The mouse deer was surprised again.
He thought quickly and yelled, "Oh, that's the glutton tiger! His father owes us a white bear, now he will pay us with a black bear. Come on black, over here."
Bear was surprised. "Hey, it's Tiger's trick! He wants to use me to pay his father's debt!"
Bear went into a panic, which also made Tiger panic because they were tied each other. Accidentally, Tiger stepped on the Bear's tail, then jumped. Bear was beaten on the ground hard, and his tail was cut off.

That's why Bear doesn't have long tail.

Thus the mouse deer escaped from the tiger twice."

Source: http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~cycle/MYtigerE.HTML

I've also discovered that one kind of stories are very prominent in southeast-asian legends. GHOST STORIES. Especially in Malay folklore. They have many kinds of ghosts, of which one of the more famous ones is the pontianak.

Okay, I'll stop here. I won't turn this post into a HORROR STORY.

 -when are you coming back? ;