Johnny Bear 



caught a movement on the hilltop whence all 

 the Bears had come, and out stalked a very 

 large Blackbear with a tiny cub. It was 

 Grumpy and Little Johnny. 



The old Bear stalked down the slope toward 

 the feast, and Johnny hitched alongside, grum- 

 bling as he came, his mother watching him as 

 solicitously as ever a hen did her single chick. 

 When they were within thirty yards of the gar- 

 bage-heap, Grumpy turned to her son and said 

 something which, judging from its effect, must 

 have meant: "Johnny, my child, I think you 

 had better stay here while I go and chase those 

 fellows away." 



Johnny obediently waited ; but he wanted to 

 see, so he sat up on his hind legs with eyes 

 agog and ears acock. 



Grumpy came striding along with dignity, 

 uttering warning growls as she approached the 

 four Bears. They were too much engrossed to 

 pay any heed to the fact that yet another one 

 of them was coming, till Grumpy, now within 

 fifteen feet, let out a succession of loud cough- 

 ing sounds, and charged into them. Strange to 

 say, they did not pretend to face her, but, as 



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