Show L I The Polar Bear BearBy By SHIRLEY LE RODMAN w WILLIAMS THE Polar Bear differs Irons from his southern relatives in that he wears a white coat all year round has a longer neck and smaller head and can move much faster When t te e Arctic sets in the mother bears retreat to undiscoverable able caves where they spend t the e winter while the males rosin roam the ice fields In springtime back to the coast comes each mother with wilh two or three cubs cub which have been born and reared in the lonely caves of winter retreat The cubs are then taught tile the arts of their p parents rents lying flat on the ice in ambush for seal swimming and diving and coming up suddenly to surprise their prey where to find the moss and lichens for summer food and to flip the fat Cat fish suddenly Ironi the with their need for dinner water paws so they never go 20 IN the lone cold Arctic zone live the furry Polar Bears ith a snowdrift for their beds and whit 1 icebergs for their chairs Through the long dark Arctic night Mother Bear sleeps I in a cave c 9 I But the Daddy Bear Bea oa s far lar and the Sleet a d ice he braves j J Little Bab f as a sort soft w white uy coat With a ur hood o match button close aroun the throat f t ins e ea h ch re really very nice For heYre r so he cant can't slip on the J 1 r In the s s' s ert ne he cats moss and nd lich s cuff the rocks Clambering up the shores in his little furry I.-d. I. o socks Winte mes he feasts on seal porpoise lat fat or juicy fish Then Then-in case he has good luck Sun dish Polar Bear has never seth seeh swings or dolls or m movie vie shows Just plays Tag and nd the Hunt Seal when when th the Borealis glows Though he wears the same all the year he doesn't care And when his mocca moccasins ins w wear r o out t he e just us grows another another p r. r y o. o Ili yd I Y |