go WILD BROTHER 
Owing to his unusual bringing up, Bruno had 
never become acquainted with the ordinary ant- 
mals of the woods and fields, and so I was curious 
to see what.he would do when he met any of them. 
Down in the garden one day I found a large fat 
toad, and when Bruno was at lunch I placed the 
warty creature on the ground beside the saucer 
from which the cub was taking his food. Being 
quite hungry, at first he paid no attention to the 
intruder; but presently, as the saucer became 
empty, he caught sight of his curious visitor. With 
a jerk he raised his head, and for a moment, with- 
out moving a muscle, gazed in astonishment and 
with some misgiving at the strange monstrosity 
in front of him. His natural curiosity, however, 
soon overcame his doubtful frame of mind; he was 
a born investigator and this thing must be looked 
into. Very cautiously he reached forward his paw 
and ever so gently he touched the curious thing on 
the back. 
The toad did as toads usually do when tickled 
from behind. It hopped, and with such force that 
it went quite over the saucer. Simultaneously the 
bear stood erect. He had a puzzled look of amaze- 
ment and dismay on his hairy visage; he appeared 
to be utterly overcome with astonishment. It 
did n’t seem reasonable that an insignificant mis- 
shapen creature like that could, with no apparent 
