THE BEAR. 
A LONG time ago, when I was not so old as you 
are, a man used to come to the town that I was in 
with a Bear to show. He led it by a rope, and it 
used to get up on its hind legs, and walk up and 
down when the man told it to do so. This Bear 
had a very long coat of dark hair, like a mat, and 
used to put its two fore paws on the top of a pole, 
and sit up to beg for buns or bits of cake. It was 
very tame, and did not wish to hurt any one, and 
was very glad to get a bun. 
The Bear has no tail, and its paws are not made 
like the paws of a dog or cat ; they bend up very 
