Sentence: The little girls were shy at first, but were soon on good terms with Christophe, who always had some funny story to tell them or sweetmeats in his pockets they told their parents about him and, though at first they had been inclined to look askance at his advances, they were won over by the frank open manners of their noisy neighbor, whose pianoplaying and terrific disturbance overhead had often made them cursefor Christophe used to feel stifled in his room and take to pacing up and down like a caged bear.
Combination: a caged bear (root: bear, modifier: cage)
Property: protective
Property type: canceled