Johnny Bear 



soon as they saw who it was, scattered and all 

 fled for the woods. 



Slim Jim could safely trust his heels, and the 

 other two were not far behind ; but poor Fatty, 

 puffing hard and waddling like any other very 

 fat creature, got along but slowly, and, unluck- 

 ily for him, he fled in the direction of Johnny, 

 so that Grumpy overtook him in a few bounds 

 and gave him a couple of sound slaps in the 

 rear which, if they did not accelerate his pace, at 

 least made him bawl, and saved him by chang- 

 ing his direction. Grumpy, now left alone in 

 possession of the feast, turned toward her son 

 and uttered the whining Er-r-r Er-r-r Er-r-r-r. 

 Johnny responded eagerly. He came " hopity- 

 hop " on his three good legs as fast as he could, 

 and, joining her on the garbage, they began to 

 have such a good time that Johnny actually 

 ceased grumbling. 



He had evidently been there before now, for ^ x 



he seemed to know quite well the staple kinds a*^" - ** 



of canned goods. One might almost have sup- ^ ^"^ 



posed that he had learned the brands, for a >-* 



lobster-tin had no charm for him as long as he ^,i!^^ 



could find those that once were filled with jam. (fLjugp- ^ 



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