Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-07-11
TN 20 up there" said Billy. That's

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easy for me-"
And Sol put his paw to his mouth
and chuckled, because he never had
any notion of going up that tree.
Just put your paw in the hole,
Billy, pull out the ~honeycomb and
then come down and have the sweet
est supper you ever had In your life
Billy was up to the hole in a few
moments, peering in and licking his
chops.
Sol sat back in the bushes laugh
ing. He laughed SO hard the
came to his eyes. Just as he looked
up, Billy put his pay in the hole and
pulled out a great chunk OF honey.
At the same time poor Billy put up
the awfulest howl aver heard from a
bear! Thousands of bees were ALI
over him, peppering him with their
sharp little stings! When he opened
his mouth to say "Oof! oof!" the bees
stung him on the tongue.
All this time he was backing down
the tree as fast as he could, and all
the time the busy little bees were
singing him with their little stingers
that were as hot as fire. Billy ut
tered every sort of growl and scream
and snarl that a bear ever thought Of,
while he was hurrying down the tree
n finally tumbled to the ground
with a hard bump. He paved the air.
and jumped about, shaking his head.
and bowling, all to no purpose. Then
he started to run. He went througha
the woods rolling like a big black
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and screaming until he got to the
river.
In he plunged and under the wateE.
he went! After a while he came OUT
putting and tried to find a soft place on
the bank where he could lie down n
rest. But no matter what l he
tried to lie on there we're a lot OF sore
spots. So he concluded to stand up
and rest.
He certainly was a poor, detected
looking bear. His lips were badly
swollen, one eye was closed n the
other half shut. All over his body
we're sore spots that felt as thoughi
they had peer made of hundreds of
sharp wires. All this time Sol waS
) filling himself with the delicious
honey that Billy had thrown to the
ground.
j, TITS too bad" he said, Ito laugh
at that Billy Bear, but can't help 1t,
: it was 81 funny. Anyway, just to show
q him l am not altogether bad, I'll take
a nice chunk of this honeycomb and,
go and find him" J
t And what a woe-begone-looktnE
!! bear he saw when he came upon Bill
ly! He tried to sympathize with the
poor afflicted bear and explain low
sorry he was to have permitted ara
inexperienced friend to tackle such
a difficult job.
Next time I'll show you how to-
do it without getting you into SUCH
trouble" he said.
Never mind" said Billy, "there1E
be no next time. When I want TO
learn how to get honey out of a tree.
I'll have my good old Daddy show
4 me-"
Here's a nice chunk of honey I've
A brought you" said Sol, "eat that and
\ you'll feel better"
mo, thank you, Mr.. Solomon. You
4 eat your honey, I'll go back to my OLD
A Job hunting bugs and nuts and Der
4 ries. Maybe this kind of food isn't as
4 sweet or as fattening as your lamb
4 and honey, but there are no stings In
It,"
And Billy started off for home and
Sol went along with him for a short
distance.
81 declare" said Sol, Il am so fat
J and full of good things it really tires
me to walk, so I'll just bid you good
! night and hunt up a nice bed here
- in the canebrake."
- Billy didn't ever say goodnight.
but kept on until he got home.
III Old Daddy zeal did not scold him,
/? just laughed at him.
r! Maybe" said he, some of these
to smart young bears have got a way of
re living without work. But l notice all
a the bears in this bottom that live to
a good old age, go right along, tend
Il ing to their own business like a bear
ut ought to do, and the smart
i'd Listen! l heal the hounds! Let's
tie cut across the fringe of cane and get
on the other side of the river! It'x
If a good thing we are not too fat, and
can outrun the hounds!"
ly On came the hounds through the
woods at full cry and at a fast pacei
er Crossing the river, old Daddy bear
and Billy Bear took a seat on a piece
a of high ground.
The hounds are driving down the
ID bottom" said Daddy Bear, and from
this place we can see them pass and
ID then we can go on back home"
There comes a bear down the bot
tom! And the hounds are pretty
close to him! My, out he is q fat
w sleek bear!
Why, Daddy, that's my friend the
70 wise beari"
Il We'll it's goodbye to him, for (
can see by the way that he is rolling
20 he cant go much further! Here
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