Mooween the Bear. Iqq 



him, and bites him in the belly, where there are no 

 quills. If he spies the porcupine in a tree, he will 

 climb up, if he is a young bear, and try to shake him 

 off. But he soon learns better, and saA'es his strength 

 for more fruitful exertions. 



Moovveen goes to the lumber camps regularly after 

 his winter sleep and, breaking in through door or 

 roof, helps himself to what he finds. If there happens 

 to be a barrel of pork there, he will roll it into the 

 open air, if the door is wide enough, before breaking 

 in the head with a blow of his paw. 



Should he find a barrel of molasses among the 

 stores, his joy is unbounded. The head is broken in 

 on the instant and Mooween eats till he is surfeited. 

 Then he lies down and rolls in tlie sticky sweet, to 

 prolong the pleasure; and stays in the neighborhood 

 till every drop has been lapped up. 



Lumbermen have lono- since learned of his strength 

 and cunning in breaking into their strong camps. 

 When valuable stores are left in the woods, the\' are 

 put into special camps, called bear camps, wliere doors 

 and roofs are fastened with chains and ingenious log- 

 locks to keep Mooween out. 



Near the settlements Mooween speedily locates the 

 sweet apple trees among the orchards. These he 

 climbs by night, and shakes off enough apples to last 

 him for several visits. Every kind of domestic animal 



