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to find that it was not behind him, and turned back 

 quickly to see where it was. Did the grizzly know 

 what this shadow-thing was, and was all this just 

 jolly make-believe? In any case, he was playing 

 and playing merrily. When I first watched him he 

 reminded me of a kitten, but the longer he played 

 the more his actions resembled those of a puppy 

 and finally those of dog. 



As the grizzly backed slowly down the slope, he 

 watched the shadow following him, and made a 

 feint as though about to grab it, but stopped. 

 Slowly he started after the shadow up the slope, 

 then pursued it with a rush. Then, backing away 

 along the side of the slope, he watched the shadow 

 out of the corner of his eye. He suddenly stopped 

 and stood as though thinking; then wheeled, faced 

 down the slope, and looked off into the distance. 

 After a second he slowly turned his head and 

 looked over first one shoulder, then the other, for 

 the shadow. Finally, rising, he looked between his 

 legs. 



Leisurely he lay down with head toward the sun 

 and put fore paws over his eyes as though starting 

 a game of hide-and-seek and expected the shadow 

 to hide. But this may have been to shut the daz- 



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