Bear With A Dead List

The bear writes a death list. News of his death list spread across the forest like wildfire. Some of the animals who hear about it decide to go ask the bear about the list, thinking, that living in uncertainty is worse than knowing for certain that a bear is going to eat you. So, the fox goes to the bear and asks him about the list. "Hey bear, is it true that you have a death list?" asks the fox. "Yeah." says the bear. "Well... is my name on it?" "I dunno, lemme check..." says the bear, and then he pulls out the death list. When the bear finds the fox's name on the list, he says to the fox: "Yeah, you're on the list." And then the bear eats the fox. A few days pass and the wolf comes by and asks the bear about the list. "Hey bear, is it true that you wrote a death list?" asks the wolf. "Yeah." says the bear. "Okay... is my name on it?" "I dunno, lemme check... Yeah, "fraid so..." And then the bear eats the wolf as well. A couple of days pass and the rabbit comes by and asks the bear about the death list. "Hey bear, is it true that you have a death list?" asks the rabbit. "Yeah." says the bear. "Tell me... is my name on it?" "I dunno, lemme check... Yeah, "fraid so, you're on the list" And then the rabbit says: "Hey bear... Couldn't you... like... erase my name or something?" And then the bear says: "Sure, why not?"

tl;dr: you don't ask, you don't get