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Brown Bear 
I F YOU were walking along in the open 
country and should meet a brown bear, 
what would you do ? Would you scream 
and run away? Well, probably the brown 
bear would do the same thing—except the 
screaming. He might growl, but would 
amble off on his huge flat feet. Did you 
think that he would eat you? Not at all. 
He likes vegetables, nuts, and fruits. He 
was once found all over the temperate zones of the world. During the 
cold of winter he goes to sleep, and he stays asleep until the warm spring 
comes. 
The Lion 
H ARK! Hear that loud roar. It is 
the lion, the king of beasts, the 
strongest and fiercest of all wild 
cats. He may be many miles away, lying 
on the sandy bank of some river, waiting 
for an animal to come and drink of the 
water. Then he will spring upon it, kill it 
with one blow of his paw, and eat its body. 
Or he may be roaming over some sandy 
desert in Africa, where his yellow coat, without any markings on it, makes 
him hard to see. The male has a shaggy mane, but the female looks more 
like a cat. 
The Hip-po-pot-a-mus 
W HAT is causing all that commotion in the water? Just a hip- 
po-pot-a-mus, with his great big muzzle, taking a drink. Wait 
till he gets through, lifts up his head, and opens his mouth, and 
then you will think that it was no wonder 
he made a noise, with such a large mouth to 
fill! His lower jaw has two big tusks, with 
which he tears up the reeds and grasses on 
which he lives. He likes the water, and can 
stay submerged and swim; but he goes only 
into shallow water, for he is too big to 
swim very far. He is found in Africa, and 
is only four feet in height, but is twelve 
feet in length. 
