Johnny Bear 



Some of the tins gave him much trouble, as he 

 was too greedy or too clumsy to escape being 

 scratched by the sharp edges. One seductive 

 fruit-tin had a hole so large that he found he could 

 force his head into it, and for a few minutes his 

 joy was full as he licked into all the farthest 

 corners. But when he tried to draw his head 

 out, his sorrows began, for he found himself 

 caught. He could not get out, and he. scratched 

 and screamed like any other spoiled child, giv- 

 ing his mother no end of concern, although she 

 seemed not to know how to help him. When 

 at length he got the tin off his head, he re- 

 venged himself by hammering it with his paws 

 till it was perfectly flat. 



A large sirup-can made him happy for a 

 long time. It had had a lid, so that the hole 

 was round and smooth ; but it was not big 

 enough to admit his head, and he could not 

 touch its riches with his tongue stretched out 

 its longest. He soon hit on a plan, however. 

 Putting in his little black arm, he churned it 

 around, then drew out and licked it clean ; and 

 while he licked one he got the other one ready ; 

 and he did this again and again, until the can 



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