. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . JOHN AND HIS PETS. into the cradle with it. But they would not let him sleep, and one oftheir favorite amusements was to seize his toes and suck them. The 30 THE YOUNG NIMEODS. youngster did not relish this, and would kick the intruder out; but acub would hardly land on the floor before he started back again and re-newed the attack on the toes. The boy and the cubs used to roll on thefloor, and play for an hour or so without fatigue to the latter, though theboy sometimes found the sport too much for him. u The cubs grew pretty fast, and
. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . JOHN AND HIS PETS. into the cradle with it. But they would not let him sleep, and one oftheir favorite amusements was to seize his toes and suck them. The 30 THE YOUNG NIMEODS. youngster did not relish this, and would kick the intruder out; but acub would hardly land on the floor before he started back again and re-newed the attack on the toes. The boy and the cubs used to roll on thefloor, and play for an hour or so without fatigue to the latter, though theboy sometimes found the sport too much for him. u The cubs grew pretty fast, and it wasnt long before they were so. THE BOY AND THE CUBS. strong that their play became dangerous for the urchin. Evidently theydid not intend any mischief, but they were not aware of their strength,and used it without proper regard for the result. A bear is not a gentlebeast to deal with, and the phraserough as a bearhas a good deal ofmeaning. There is a story of a bear that was much attached to his mas-ter, and one day when the latter was asleep a fly lighted on his face. The VARIETIES OF BEARS. 31 bear tried to brush away the fly so that his master should not be disturbed,but unfortunately his zeal overran his discretion, and he knocked thepoor mans head off in the attempt. When the cubs became too large to keep around the house, John soldthem to a travelling showman, and they are now in New York, or wereat last accounts. George asked what kind of a bear it was that his uncle had killed—whether it was black, brown, or grizzly. It was a black bear, was the reply. The brown bear and the blackare the only members of t
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