whisper and discovered Nimrod not far 

 away in a nest he had made for himself 

 in a pile of rubbish. I edged nearer. 



"See, over there in the woods are 

 two black bears. You scared them 

 away. Isn't he a monster ? " indicating 

 Wahb. 



I responded with appropriate enthu- 

 siasm. Then after a respectful silence I 

 ventured to say : 



" How long have you been here ? " 



"All day — and such a day — thir- 

 teen bears at one time. It is worth all 

 your geysers rolled into one. 



" H'm — Have you had anything to 

 eat ? " 



" No." 



Another silence, then I began 

 again. 



"Arn't you hungry? Don't you 

 want to come to dinner *? " 



He nodded yes. Then I sneaked 



