| Show I 1 alwine nature stones t chrism Chri tm a I 1 t GIFT by el iza archard conner y in his life had alwin burnham seen a real live bear uon elephant or boa constrictor cor he was a lame boy and rould not go ou except as he vas v as wheeled n ha attle invalid cart other were very sarry for him be sausa he had never once been to a clra CHRISTMAS TOY us or menagerie so everybody wai aery kind and tried to make up to aln he lost in not being a well boy at christmas alwan had always mor toya than any other boy ills ancl ked gave him a mechanical toy tha made him laugh every time it started it was two bears upon a tricycle it went by clockwork and nhen you wound it up the wheels would no round and the bears would move hir paws and lieada exactly as real flear would do if they were able to ride n tricycle uncle ned had been gun ing for bears that autumn too and was alicd ot winding up his christmas bears uncle ned bould tell him ot live beara till uwin beamed to sec them A bear and a man said uncle ned are creatures that asked alwan It roeana walkine upon all the solo the toot walking flat footed with he heel upon the ground I 1 suppose hatla why human beings and bars the bet dalcera dan cera and ht IH I badgers also walk the bear belongs to the family 0 from the jaten word araus a bear the old anglo saxon word for bear was been and it acang also a man a or a hero it must have been riven to the bc ar because he Is po strone and wise and such a splendid t A bear has more sense than even a dorsc and he Is BO powerful an enemy that the old time norwegians Norwegia ns and north american indians worshiped him as a divinity the norwegians Norwegia ns are very respectful aliey of a bear and call him the old man in the fur floated j so far ai spirit goes a bear la a moie terrt Me enemy than a lion tor hene vcr gives up not even when ewla dying A mortally wound ed bear will often in his last kill the hunter who shot him K the hunter approaches too near bruin knows enough too to always attack a mans head A blow from his fore paw Is AS powerful as a sledgehammer stroke and hla claws are so lone and THIEF WAS sharp wheelie wh enlie hits a man on the head claxie clax ve usually briny away the poop nut m he Is when angry brulls really rood natured aal play tul whan he hlll not attack living unless he Is very hungry he la arst assailed I i S W S K M K l M K in the natural state he Is almost a vegetarian living on roots fruits antl vegetables et he has a great fancy abr ants and snails as delicacies and he 1 awfully fond 0 ald hobey and other sweet things these make him win the autumn when ald comes he goes to sleep in a warm at the roots ot a hollow tree or an fn soma other sheltered spot there he plumbers till warm weather athla sleeping Is called hibernating though the bear J Is naturally almost a vegetarian aT terie once gets a taste bof blood it nevan leaves him and to gratify it he will attack even full grown cattle the black bear la most common in the united slates the grizzly bear ot a grayish brown color and sometimes as heavy as a cow Is found in the Ito ckles in the early days ot this country a farmer once kept missing one afeei another of hla fat pigs lie finally hid himself and watched the yard where hla pigs were oiw night hp heard sometime crashing through the fence that his hoap he looked and saw a big black upon his hind legs hugging arms the fattest pig that was left and he was just ready to make oft alth it the black bear had been the all along alwin looked admiringly at his christmas present uncle ned he said vand up the bears again |
