The Washington times., 1902-01-26
Cinnamon Bears.
BY IZORA CHANDLER.
1.-TWO LITTLE boys lived in a quee

TWO LITTLE boys lived in a queer
log house which leaned against the
L foot of a hill The hill was tall
and round, and it was stuck as full
of trees as a cushion is of pins. Now,
the black nanny who took care OF the
queer log house loved the two little boys
Sometimes she mixed a great lot of sweet
dough and cut it into pieces, each one OF
which she rolled until it looked like an
over grown marble that had been stretch
ed TO double its length Then she pulled
and twisted four little legs out on one
side, and a queer, pointed head on the
top; after this, she set it down hard upon
the table with the funny little head look
ing directly up into the roof. When all
the pieces of dough had been patted and
rolled and coaxed, she tossed them into
a kettle of boiling fat, where they bobbed
and swelled and grew rich and brown.
When they were dipped carefully out and
set again in long row upon the kitchen
table, any little boy with eyes in his
head could see that they were bears. And
after the nanny had tucked tiny stick
of cinnamon under the right arm of each,
in such way that it leaned against the
right shoulder, why, the whole long row
became cinnamon bears, of course; and
nobody who hasn't eaten one can imagine
how very good to eat they are.
One night, when the two little boys
were in bed, they overheard their father
and some men who lived in other queer
log houses At the foot of the hill planning
to go, in the early morning, away up on
the hillside to capture a cave full OF
cinnamon bears! The two little boys
Thought it very selfish of the men to leave
them out of the pian-for nobody could
care as much for cinnamon bears as they.
So. when the house was still and the
full moon made everything bright out of
doors, they crept out OF bed, dressed
themselves. and stole softly out TO cap
ture the cinnamon bears. They climbed
and climbed until they grew very cold
and tired-but whole cave full of Gin
nanon bears My! how their fat little
legs hurried on BY and by the little
legs would go no farther The two little
boys cuddled down together and went to
sleep just outside of big hole in the
hill.
Pretty soon IL was morning and the lit
tie boys wakened. Here was the cave,
and they were hungry. They would go in
and eat a dozen or two of the cinnamon
bears; and they were going to be very
generous and save a few for their father
and the selfish men. But there were
shining spots moving about in the cave.
They heard padding footsteps and pant
ing breaths. And two brown monsters
came out after them. The little boys
screamed like Indians and tried to run
away but they were caught by the great
shaggy paws with sharp claws in them,
and held so tightly that they could hardly
breathe. Bang, bang, came a great
noise. Something seemed to hit the great
creatures in the head, for they rolled over
upon the ground just as the father of the
little boys and one OF the selfish men
came running up.
The father and the selfish man were
very white and big-eyed and though the
carried them every step of the way home.
And if you'll believe it, the black nanny
spent all the rest of the day mixing and
rolling and twisting and frying the sweet
dough. And as she worked she kept say
ing over and over: "Dah, dah. Nanny s
little honey boys. Doan yoh go no mo
a -huntin', cause yo're mammys baby
buntin's: an she'll make you caves an
caves of bufolo, grumpy. duInpy cinnamon
bears"