A OOOD-NATUBED BEAR. 



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Ponto threw his head back, then fell suddenly on his face, and 

 lay motionless. 



"That's a good boy!" said his master, patting him. "Clever 

 Ponto ! Best of doggies ! N^o more school for to-day. Come along 

 and have a run in the meadow. One! two! three! and away!" 



A GOOD-XATUEED BEAR. 



Little Carl, his father, mother, 

 and little sister, lived in the far AVest, where 

 there were very few people or houses. 



JS^ear their house was a thick wood. One 

 day Carl, though his mamma had often told 

 him not to do so, thought he would take 

 Allie into the Avood to see if he could not 

 find a hobby-horse. He knew a hobby-horse 

 was made of wood, though he had never 

 seen one. In a childlike way he reasoned 



