86 WILD BROTHER 
empty carriage bouncing up and down in front of 
her, chased after him. With some difficulty I 
rescued the doll. Its right ear was badly lacerated. 
Meanwhile the kidnaper had climbed a ladder where, 
from its top, he could view the havoc he had wrought. 
By the last of October, Bruno had lost most of 
his first teeth and his second canines were growing 
fast. About this time his food disagreed with him, 
and for a while he became quite ill. His hind-legs 
seemed to be paralyzed, and at times he had great 
difficulty in walking. I was still feeding him on con- 
densed milk, from his wooden trough, three times 
a day. Occasionally he foraged through the gar- 
den and found some things to his liking. Once I 
discovered him in the middle of a pansy-bed, pick- 
ing and eating every blossom within reach. He 
was very fond of snowberries. Reaching up with 
his forepaws, he bent down the branches of the 
shrubs, and stripped all the fruit from them, de- 
vouring it with apparent relish. 
The weakness in his hind-quarters grew worse 
and I finally consulted a veterinary, who advised 
a change of diet — less milk and more cereal foods, 
with plenty of fruit. The fact that the bear was 
teething may have had something to do with ‘his 
condition; but at any rate the change of food 
brought the desired result, and Bruno was soon 
as well as ever. 
