Johnny Bear 



Doubtless Johnny and Grumpy would each 

 have gotten their tart but that a new factor 

 appeared in the case. 



That week the Hotel people had brought anew 

 Cat from the East. She was not much more than 

 a kitten, but still had a litter of her own, and , fy - ^\2 



at the moment that Grumpy reached the door, t + *\ 



the Cat and her family were sunning themselves / " 



on the top step. Pussy opened her eyes to see \ "" ^ 

 this huge, shaggy monster towering above her. 



The Cat had never before seen a Bear— she 

 had not been there long enough ; she did not > 

 know even what a Bear was. She knew what 

 a Dog was, and here was a bigger, more awful 

 bobtailed black doer than ever she had dreamed ll 

 of coming right at her. Her first thought was V l ] 



to fly for her life. But her next was for the *4$\'*~ "*" 



kittens. She must take care of them. She &» 



must at least cover their retreat. So, like a 

 brave little mother, she braced herself on that 

 door-step, and spreading her back, her claws, 

 her tail, and everything she had to spread, 

 she screamed out at that Bear an unmistak- 

 able order to 



STOP! 

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