The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-23
The story of five Bears.
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Once upon "a time. far away across
tho ocean. in IA country called Ter
many, there WAS great Dig
and way deep in the WOODS tfNI
lived a very nice fanny Oh
There were Papa and mamma 50
and Dickie, who was the oioest Ia ~
family, and F'iosste. a dear little shHs
bear and Teddy, the baby. fhsy "SeN
to have such nice times tosetnsf oe
cause they-.ses,ld- run and play ao31e
as they pieased--they were 50 deep M
the forest tho hunters could Eot AIa
them. and there were no ugly Taps
set for them. They were usually very
rood little bears. but Dickie some
ames made his mother much sroaoie'
because he would not mind quf'Ais,
and he did not have good tanie man
nerS. He did not cit up straisht u,
his chair. but would move about anu
tally too much, instead of quietly eat
ing the nice porridge she had mace
for him. One night Papa BeaF SAL
IL Dickie did not behave peter ne
must 20 to bed without his supper
Now, that was pretty nara punsn
n1ent for q poor little hungry Doai. -
after some thought on the ma,lef
pickle promised to try and do better.
ana to say Thank you" and tteAse
and be polite every day. So fara
Bear let him of for this time, ana
Dickie was happy again.
Idttla Flosste was her mamma :
helper, and used to take care Oh
Teddy, and help make the porfiase,
ana do many helpful things. lou
know Teddy was only baby. ana ne
had n good time playing about IN tne
leaves and eating the nice berries the
others brought to him. someone's me
they would find an old log .uii or WIG
bees honey. and then what IeAst
they all had. for you know bears ~
very fond OF honey. One day DcKie
,ourd q bir lot in an old hollow tree.
mn me bees were at home that time
and when he put his little paw down
.rtc the nest. oh! how they rushed
out and stung him; 80 he ran nome
Rowling with pain. and mamma haa
10 do ND his nose In some "itcn-
hazel bark which grew nearby.
In the fall Of the year. In the time
=, tha "hunter's moon." wnen uc
neon hooked Hike great dig green
cheea I'M in the sky and the lovely
mooniight shone bright through the
trees. they would all so out ana nave
a dance. There was fine open space
where some grass and Few eeI.s
bushes grew. and some great ne DE
chestnut trees grew around -.
little chipmunks and req fQu'rreis !
.nd woodchucks and deernaicc ana
ether animals who lived IN the wood
came and joined In the sport, and oid
lack Frost would tap the chestnut
= hurrs very hard, rattle down tno
shiny brown nuts, and then, IN my!
what 4 scramble there would be 70
RET them. But there was no quarrei-
inx, as they were all Wiling tnas
each should have share. When the
party broke up they would eacn po-
litely say. Good night and pieasans
dreams"
Before ! finish my story ! must teu
you about the thrilling experiences
F1ossie and tied" had one day. Tney
were taking q long Walk. ana wan
dered farther away from nome than
they had ever been bexore. ana gD'
into q wood road that LED to = town
All at once they saw man com'ns
towards them. They hau never seen
a man before. and he looked "kc 9
dreadful creature to them. Tney
were were terribly frightened, ano
ran bacw home an fast as they could
but not before the man had seen them
He thought that little Teddy was tne
cutest thing he had ever eeen. ano
he wondered IL he could not MAKE
something that would look like MIN
He had nice shop n ms rewFn where
he made toys. 70 he went back homs
ana rot sona pretty furry brown ci2ff
ana some BRIGHT. black neAdA ans
soma ntco black threat ana Ne medt
acnunin9 littls brown hear nat locx'
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