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Johnny Bear 



rest contented where he was hidden in the thick 

 branches of the pine, but combined safety with 

 view by climbing to the topmost branch that 

 would bear him, and there, sharp against the 

 sky, he squirmed about and squealed aloud in 

 his excitement. The branch was so small that 

 it bent under his weight, swaying this way and 

 that as he shifted about, and every moment I 

 expected to see it snap off. If it had been 

 broken when swaying my way, Johnny would 

 certainly have fallen on me, and this would 

 probably have resulted in bad feelings between 

 myself and his mother ; but the limb was 

 tougher than it looked, or perhaps Johnny had 

 had plenty of experience, for he neither lost his 

 hold nor broke the branch. 



Meanwhile, Grumpy stalked out to meet the 

 Grizzly. She stood as high as she could and 

 set all her bristles on end ; then, growling and 

 chopping her teeth, she faced him. 



The Grizzly, so far as I could see, took no 

 notice of her. He came striding toward the 

 feast as though alone. But when Grumpy got 

 within twelve feet of him she uttered a succes- 

 sion of short, coughy roars, and, charging, gave 



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