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comical show, especially when one was lazily lying 

 down and the other was shooing with eagerness 

 and solemnity. 



Another activity I encouraged was the bear's 

 habit of holding the other around the neck with 

 one fore paw and rubbing or scratching the back 

 of the bear's head with his other paw. In a short 

 time both bears, while facing each other, would go 

 through the performance at the same time. 



Like other children Johnny and Jenny were fond 

 of water and spent much time rolling and wading 

 in the brook by their shed. This was a play they 

 enjoyed. I showed interest in having them roll and 

 splash in the liveliest manner possible. 



Johnny seemed unusually interested in what 

 I was doing one day and imitated in succession 

 a number of my performances. I had dropped a 

 penny on the floor, and then, stooping over, 

 touched it with the end of one finger and moved it 

 rapidly about. He rose on his hind feet, held up one 

 claw, then, stooping, put this upon the penny and 

 moved it rapidly about. Blowing the yolk out of 

 an egg, I held up the empty shell before him, and 

 then proceeded to move it rapidly about on the 

 floor with the point of one finger. After licking the 



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