Charley s Wonderful Journeys. 



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" Whatever have you got there ? " said he, 

 springing to his feet. 



"Call mam," said the cubs; "we set a 

 trap in the grass and caught a little man 

 cub." 



" Take him away," said the old she Bear, 

 when she came out, " you shan't bring him 

 in here, they are dangerous creatures to 

 have anything to do with." 



"Oh, this one isn't dangerous," said 

 they, " he can talk and dance, and he's 



go and show him to our cousins in the big 

 elm. Jump up, Charley." 



Away they went up the hill, scrambling 

 over rock and fallen trees, down the other 

 side, and across the brook, and then up 

 into the forest where the big elm was. 



When they got near, they saw two of the 

 young Bears playing outside, and as soon 

 as these saw the two Bears coming with 

 Charley, they rushed for the hole at the root 

 of the old elm, shouting "Mam — dad." 



THE TWO LITTLE BEARS CAUGHT HIM ONE BY EACH ARM. 



quite tame, and we're going to exhibit him 

 all through the woods and make lots of 

 money. " Get down, Charley, and let 

 them see how you can dance." 



Charley did as he was told, and the old 

 Bears couldn't help laughing, and when 

 Charley went down on all fours and began 

 to run the old folks enjoyed it as much as 

 anybody and declared they had never seen 

 anything like it. 



" I won't have him come in the cave," 

 said the she Bear, " but you may take him 

 round and exhibit him if you like, but be 

 careful you don't get into any mischief." 



" Come on," said one of the cubs, " we'll 



The elm was big, but it was only an old 

 hollow trunk with all the branches broken 

 off, and the next moment Charley looked 

 up and there were the two old Bears, who 

 had climbed to the top, and were looking 

 down on them. 



" Don't be frightened," said Charley, 

 " they are only exhibiting me on a dancing 

 tour." 



" Come down, aunty," said his compan- 

 ions and keepers, we've caught a young 

 Man cub and he's quite tame, and he can 

 talk, and dance and go on all fours beauti- 

 fully." 



At this the old ones scrambled down 



