. Harper's young people . FIG. 5. THE HUNTER-MAN. riMIHEE little bears went out one day,JL Before the sun got high,To gather berries in the woodsTo make a berry pie. But there they saw a hunter-man, Who had a monstrous gun;He scared them out of all their wits, And my ! how they did run ! They never stopped till they got home And screamed it to their ma,Who said twas very dreadful news, And they must call their pa. Old papa bear was very brave; He took his gun straightway,And hastened with them to the woods That hunter-man to slay. But when they reached the berry patch He laughed aloud to seeTh
. Harper's young people . FIG. 5. THE HUNTER-MAN. riMIHEE little bears went out one day,JL Before the sun got high,To gather berries in the woodsTo make a berry pie. But there they saw a hunter-man, Who had a monstrous gun;He scared them out of all their wits, And my ! how they did run ! They never stopped till they got home And screamed it to their ma,Who said twas very dreadful news, And they must call their pa. Old papa bear was very brave; He took his gun straightway,And hastened with them to the woods That hunter-man to slay. But when they reached the berry patch He laughed aloud to seeThat what had caused them such a fright Was nothing but a tree. And very much ashamed were they To know that they had runBecause they thought an old tree trunk A hunter with a gun. SEPTEMBER IS. 1883. HAMPERS YOUNG PEOPLE. 733. .-•
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