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Johnny Bear 



IV 



It occurred to me that I might now be in a 

 really dangerous place. For it is one thing 

 surprising a Bear that has no family responsi- 

 bilities, and another stirring up a bad-tempered 

 old mother by frightening her cub. 



" Supposing," I thought, " that cranky Little 

 Johnny should wander over to this end of the 

 garbage and find me in the hole ; he will at once 

 set up a squall, and his mother, of course, will 

 think I am hurting him, and, without giving me 

 a chance to explain, may forget the rules of the 

 Park and make things very unpleasant." 



Luckily, all the jam-pots were at Johnny's 

 end ; he stayed by them, and Grumpy stayed 

 by him. At length he noticed that his mother 

 had a better tin than any he could find, and as 

 he ran whining to take it from her he chanced 

 to glance away up the slope. There he saw 

 something that made him sit up and utter a 

 curious little Koff Koff Koff Koff. 



His mother turned quickly, and sat up to see 

 " what the child was looking at." I followed 

 their gaze, and there, oh, horrors! was an 



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