. Wood folk at school. HERE are always two surprises whenyou meet a bear. You have one, and hehas the other. On your tramps and campsin the big woods you may be on the look-out for Mooween; you may be eager and evenanxious to meet him; but when you double thepoint or push into the blueberry patch and, sud-denly, there he is, blocking the path ahead, lookingintently into your eyes to fathom at a glance yourintentions, then, I fancy, the experience is like thatof people who have the inquisitive habit of lookingunder their beds nightly for a burglar, and at lastfind him there, stowed away snugly,
. Wood folk at school. HERE are always two surprises whenyou meet a bear. You have one, and hehas the other. On your tramps and campsin the big woods you may be on the look-out for Mooween; you may be eager and evenanxious to meet him; but when you double thepoint or push into the blueberry patch and, sud-denly, there he is, blocking the path ahead, lookingintently into your eyes to fathom at a glance yourintentions, then, I fancy, the experience is like thatof people who have the inquisitive habit of lookingunder their beds nightly for a burglar, and at lastfind him there, stowed away snugly, just where theyalways expected him to be. Mooween, on his part, is always looking for you when once he has learned that you have moved into 58 I When You Meet a Bear 59 his woods. But not from any desire to see you!He is like a lazy man looking for work, and hopingdevoutly that he may not find it. A bear has verylittle curiosity — less than any other of the wood loves to be alone; and so, when he goes huntin
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