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ing erect, each held the cluster under the left fore- 

 arm by pressing it against the chest. When brows- 

 ing in a raspberry-patch bears commonly bite off 

 the tops of the canes together with the leaves and 

 the berries. Johnny and Jenny ate more daintily. 

 One berry was plucked off at a time with two front 

 claws and dropped into the mouth. As one berry 

 followed another, the lips were smacked, and the 

 face and every movement made expressed immense 

 satisfaction at the taste. 



Every one crowded close to watch the perform- 

 ance. In the jostling one of the berry-laden canes 

 fell to the floor. Both little bears grabbed for it at 

 the same instant. They butted heads, lost their 

 temper, and began to fight over it. I grabbed them 

 by the collars and shook them. 



"Why, Johnny and Jenny," I said, "why do you 

 do this? And such awful manners when we have 

 company! What shall I do with you?" 



They instantly stopped quarreling and even for- 

 got the berries. For several seconds the little bears 

 were embarrassed beyond all measure. They simply 

 stared at the floor. Then suddenly each appeared 

 to have the same idea. Standing erect, facing each 

 other, they put fore paws on each other's shoul- 



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