Johnny Bear 



put a new idea into his mother's head by bawl- 

 ing in his best style from the top of his last 

 tree, which tree Grumpy made for and scram- 

 bled up. 



This was so clearly the enemy's country and 

 in view of his reinforcements that the Cat wisely 

 decided to follow no farther. She jumped 

 from the climbing Bear to the ground, and 

 then mounted sentry-guard below, marching 

 around with tail in the air, daring that Bear to 

 come down. Then the kittens came out and 

 sat around, and enjoyed it all hugely. And the 

 mountaineers assured me that the Bears would 

 have been kept up the tree till they were starved, 

 had not the cook of the Hotel come out and 

 called off his Cat — although this statement was 

 not among those vouched for by the officers of 

 the Park. 



VII 



The last time I saw Johnny he was in the top 

 of a tree, bewailing his unhappy lot as usual, 

 while his mother was dashing about among the 

 pines, "with a chip on her shoulder," seeking 

 for some one — any one — that she could punish 



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