StNicholas [serial] . ar said, What can you do? And the lion said, I dontknow. I never built a house, because I always lived in the jungle where thereare lots of trees and grass, and we found our houses already built, just like yourden. I will do anything that you want me to. I can jump ever so far. And thelittle Cub Bear said, That is nice. Let s see how far you can jump. Thenthe Papa Bear and the Mama Bear and the little Cub Bear and the monkey I9° FOR VERY LITTLE FOLK 647 all went out to see how far the lion could jump. The lion climbed up the deadtree where the owl was sitting, but the


StNicholas [serial] . ar said, What can you do? And the lion said, I dontknow. I never built a house, because I always lived in the jungle where thereare lots of trees and grass, and we found our houses already built, just like yourden. I will do anything that you want me to. I can jump ever so far. And thelittle Cub Bear said, That is nice. Let s see how far you can jump. Thenthe Papa Bear and the Mama Bear and the little Cub Bear and the monkey I9° FOR VERY LITTLE FOLK 647 all went out to see how far the lion could jump. The lion climbed up the deadtree where the owl was sitting, but the owl was fast asleep; and the lion went sosoftly that the owl did nt hear him at all. Pretty soon, the lion got clear up tothe limb, where the owl was sitting, and he reached, out his great nose and smeltthe owl. My! You never saw a bird so frightened in all your life. The owlflapped his great wings and started to fly away. He forgot to say, Who-o-o-o?Who-o-o-o?? and only said, To-whit! To-whit! To-whit! But while the. THE LION SHOWING THE ANIMALS HOW FAR HE CAN JUMP. owl was flying around, the lion crept way out on the limb, and he said, Now, Iwill show you how I catch things to eat. And he pointed down to a log ofwood, ten or fifteen feet away, and he said, I will show you what I would do, ifthat log were a deer. The lion crouched along the limb and lay as still as a littlemouse, and the bears were all still, waiting to see what the lion would do. Therewas not a sound in the forest. Suddenly little Cub Bear saw a yellow flashthrough the air and heard a thud, and he looked up to the branch of the tree, andthe lion was gone. Then he looked to the log of wood, and there was the lionon the log with his claws stuck into it. And the little Cub Bear said, My! I amglad I am not a deer, and the lion did not want me for his dinner! Nature and Science For Young ?.. Failed by EdwardF. Billow.


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