them. A small boy instantly asked, "What do you 

 do to be good to bears?" The health and the tem- 

 per of bears, as well as of people, are easily ruined 

 by improper food. 



Young bear cubs are the most wide-awake and 

 observing little people that I know of. Never have I 

 seen a horse or dog who understood as readily or 

 learned as rapidly as these two bears. One day I 

 offered Johnny a saucer of milk. He was impatient 

 to get it. Reaching up, he succeeded in spilling it, 

 but he licked the saucer with satisfaction. On the 

 second try he spilled only a part of the milk. On the 

 third trial he clasped the saucer deftly in his two 

 fore paws, lifted it upwards, turned his head back 

 and poured the milk into his mouth. 



When Johnny and Jenny were growing up, it 

 seemed as if nothing unusual escaped them. A 

 bright button, a flash of a ring, a white handker- 

 chief, or an unusual movement or sound instantly 

 caught their attention. They concentrated on each 

 new object and endeavored to find out what it was. 

 Having satisfied their curiosity or obtained full 

 information about it, the next instant they were 

 ready to concentrate on something else. But they 

 remembered on second appearance anything which 

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