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frequently than two ordinary children; and 

 these quarrels were largely traceable to fight- 

 producing food mixtures. Anyway, bears will 

 maintain a better disposition with a diet of 

 putrid meat, snakes, mice, and weeds than upon 

 desserts of human concoction. 



Naturally bears are fun-loving and cheerful; 

 they like to romp and play. Johnny played by 

 the hour. Most of the time he was chained to a 

 low, small shed that was built for his accom- 

 modation. Scores of times each day he covered 

 all the territory that could be traversed while 

 he was fastened with a twelve-foot chain. Often 

 he skipped back and forth in a straight line for 

 an hour or more. These were not the restless, 

 aimless movements of the caged tiger, but those 

 of playful, happy activity. It was a pleasure to 

 watch this eager play; in it he would gallop to 

 the outer limit of his chain, then, reversing his 

 legs without turning his body, go backward 

 with a queer, lively hippety-hop to the other 

 end, then gallop forward again. He knew the 

 length of his chain to an inch. No matter how 

 wildly he rushed after some bone-stealing dog, 



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