Johnny Bear 



bage-pile, that is, as Grumpy thought, toward 

 Johnny, she went at him again. But this time 

 the Grizzly was ready for her. With one blow 

 he knocked her off her feet and sent her crash- 

 ing on to a huge upturned pine-root. She was 

 fairly staggered this time. The force of the 

 blow, and the rude reception of the rooty antlers, 

 seemed to take all the fight out of her. She 

 scrambled over and tried to escape. But the 

 Grizzly was mad now. He meant to punish 

 her, and dashed around the root. For a minute 

 they kept up a dodging chase about it ; but 

 Grumpy was quicker of foot, and somehow al- 

 ways managed to keep the root between herself 

 and her foe, while Johnny, safe in the tree, 

 continued to take an intense and uproarious 

 interest. 



At length, seeing he could not catch her that 

 way, the Grizzly sat up on his haunches ; and 

 while he doubtless was planning a new move, 

 old Grumpy saw her chance, and making a 

 dash, got away from the root and up to the top 

 of the tree where Johnny was perched. 



Johnny came down a little way to meet her, 

 or perhaps so that the tree might not break off 



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