Show iI 1 qS jM I E venn i I ala 0 it 11 4 MOTHER BLACK BEAR Mother Muther flinch Black Rear Bear remembered her little ones hid b been n young She remembered what lint they had hall been like before their eyes Ayes had land opened and when th they had heel been so soft sift and furry and round She remembered d how she had tuu taught ht them to tu walk ull How Ido feeble j their little Il legs hUll hail peen been at ut first And when they LIley had Ime all nil been young youn and had hull lived rl in the cave u she had told them In sleepy tones the thc things they must guard n against when the they v wert t out into lulo the world The babies l hail been too ton sleepy to tn learn very ery much But Rut she slie had told fold thorn than a n good many times s It seemed strange to tn think that Illat tiny any anyone one would ever r e hurt hurl such adorable little creatures Mother Rear Henr could not believe e that I I m anyone une could help hell but hUI love her ba ha III hies s. s I I I J Still foWl she knew that some scree people peopled I el Here oie e eCI CI very strange so sa she had to 10 give j i I II I I I i I I I I They Had Haf Gona Gon Out her lessons id In how to look after after aft er themselves She told them too of adventures site she had harl had She Site taught them Brent of or the lie berries they must eat and unel of the food rood to make them feel well and strong Site She he also told them of the tile bad things the they must not touch the food fond that HuH would make them feel eel sick and mis erable And when at last they had gone o out t of of- the cave and had seen the she thereal thereal real world the trees and the forest paths thc they wanted to start off at once tor for adventures for the world looked so mysterious and anel wondrous But Mother Rear Benr hn had not let em start out alone though suddenly they had seemed to feel quite able ahle to look after themselves es Do you want to leave lea your old mother Mother Black Rear Lear asked We love lo you you- elU mother but w we want to see sec the world orld they smith said And nd they would have escaped that moment and gone none off hut but Mother I mack Black Bear Rear saved s1 them from a mans man's gun gait Mother r. r mack Black Rear Bear received a n slight w wound ti f f. f f The he little bears were aro In Ina a n a flash lash but hilt other Mother mack Black Rear Bear Bear was wits safe now no for the lie man had wanted canted togo to togo go JO after the little ones and when he had seen sen the mother he had been heen only too anxious to tn get artay D himself I As they the licked their mothers mother's wound the they said sold I We wont won't leave you Ou quite yet I mother dear Ve We do not kno know th the I big JIg world as yet et I I And AmI other Black Bear groaned with the hurt from the slight wound Jn in In her shoulder but still sUIl more site she grunted with pleasure for her babies hallies I had bad seen that they still needed their mother Oh Ohl how Mother Iother Black Bear did lid love her little mischievous black k batiles babies ba ba- tiles bies dud and she was even glad if af o f her wound for fOl It showed the babies that still they must learn some more more before before before be be- fore they went out alone Int into the Ie big J I 1 hard strange world 7 Mother Black Bear Deur loved her little I black cubs so very ery very cry much much I |