Johnny Bear 



I backed slowly and respectfully out of his 

 royal presence, leaving him in possession of the 

 garbage, while Johnny kept on caterwauling 

 from his safety-perch. 



What became of Grumpy the rest of that day 

 I do not know. Johnny, after bewailing for a 

 time, realized that there was no sympathetic 

 hearer of his cries, and therefore very saga- 

 ciously stopped them. Having no mother now 

 to plan for him, he began to plan for himself, 

 and at once proved that he was better stuff than 

 he seemed. After watching, with a look of pro- 

 found cunning on his little black face, and 

 waiting till the Grizzly was some distance away, 

 he silently slipped down behind the trunk, and, 

 despite his three-leggedness, ran like a hare to 

 the next tree, never stopping to breathe till he 

 was on its topmost bough. For he was thor- 

 oughly convinced that the only object that the > 

 Grizzly had in life was to kill him, and he ^< 

 seemed quite aware that his enemy could not c5t 

 climb a tree. 



Another long and safe survey of the Grizzly, 

 who really paid no heed to him whatever, was 

 followed by another dash for the next tree, 



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