42 WILD BROTHER 



Mrs. Weldon gave us a warm welcome, and with 

 considerable pride brought Bruno forward for our 

 inspection. He had grown considerably since I 

 had seen him in February. He was now a typical 

 fat, chubby Teddy Bear, seven pounds in weight. 

 On March 20, when he was two months old, he had 

 weighed three and a quarter pounds, and on that 

 day had walked for the first time. His round little 

 body was now covered with a soft thick coat of 

 brown curly wool. The short black silky hair with 

 which he had been clothed when I first saw him in 

 February had disappeared. 



In Kipling's "Jungle Book," Baloo, the wise old 

 bear, in telling of the laws for the guidance of the 

 wood-folk, says: 



" Oppress not the cubs of the stranger, but hail them as 



Sister and Brother, 



For though they are little and fubsy, it may be the Bear 

 is their mother." 



" Fubsy" was just the right word to describe 

 Bruno's appearance at this age. Fubsy and fat he 

 was, and jolly was his nature. He had got on 

 splendidly with his foster-brothers and sisters 

 and why should he not ? A better-behaved lot of 

 children I had never met. They were kind and 

 considerate of each other, and their attitude to- 

 ward their parents was exceptionally fine. There 



