Natral History has its myths and its ghosts, az well az enny boddy else,
and foremost among these iz--the bugg bear.
The bugg bear iz born from an imaginary egg, and iz hatched by an
imaginary process.
They are like a shadow in the afternoon, always a good deal bigger than
the thing that casts it.
They are compozed ov two entirely different animals, the _bugg_ and the
_bear_, but generally turn out to be pretty much all bug.
They are like the assetts on a bankrupt broker, the more you examine
them, the smaller they grow.
I have known them tew cum out ov a hole like a mice, and grow in tew
minnits az big az an elephant, and then run back agin into the same hole
they cum out ov.
They are like a young wild pigeon in their habits, the biggest when they
are first born.
They are common to all countrys and all peoples, the philosophers hav
seen them az often az the children hav, and ben as badly skared by them.
They are az innocent az a rag doll, but are az full ov deviltry az a
jack lantern.
Bugg bears are az plenty in this world az pins on the side walks, but
noboddy ever sees them but those folks who are alwus hunting for them.