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ders, and went " Ungh, ah, oooo." Plainly they were 

 very sorry that they had misbehaved. 



The manner in which these cubs received the 

 berries, the fact that the first time they saw mush- 

 rooms they scented them at some distance and 

 raced for them, also that on other occasions they 

 went out of their way to get a plant ordinarily liked 

 by the grizzly, led me to think that they inherited 

 a taste for a number of things that grizzlies com- 

 monly eat. 



One day we were out walking, when we came 

 upon an army of ants. Without the least hesitation 

 Johnny and Jenny followed along the line, licking 

 them up. Upon reaching the stone behind which 

 the ants were disappearing, Johnny thrust one fore 

 claw under it and flung it aside. I was astonished at 

 his strength. 



I tried not to teach Johnny or Jenny any trick, 

 but encouraged them to develop any original stunt 

 or individuality of their own. One day Jenny was 

 attracted by a big green fly that alighted on Johnny. 

 She struck at it; the fly relighted and she struck 

 again. With a little effort I succeeded in getting the 

 bears to shoo flies off each other, and sometimes 

 they were both busy at the same time. It made a 



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