Jenny and Johnny were pets before sundown. 

 Though both were alert, Johnny was the wiser 

 and the more cheerful of the two. He took 

 training as readily as a collie or shepherd-dog, 

 and I have never seen any dog more playful. 

 All bears are keen of wit, but he was the bright- 

 est one of the wild folk that I have ever known. 

 He grew rapidly, and ate me almost out of sup- 

 plies. We were intimate friends in less than a 

 month, and I spent much time playing and talk- 

 ing with him. One of the first things I taught 

 him was, when hungry, to stand erect with arms 

 extended almost horizontally, with palms for- 

 ward. I also taught him to greet me in this 

 manner. 



One day, after two weeks with me, he climbed 

 to the top of a pole fence to which he was 

 chained. Up there he had a great time; he 

 perched, gazed here and there, pranced back 

 and forth, and finally fell off. His chain tangled 

 and caught. For a few seconds he dangled in 

 the air by the neck, then slipped through his 

 collar and galloped off up the mountainside and 

 quickly disappeared in the woods. I supposed 



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