After the lion had finished his story, and the animals had eaten their
dinner, they commenced to work again, and worked all afternoon. Late
that night the Papa Bear came home with a lot of strawberries that he
had found, and all of the bears had a fine supper. The elephant ate hay
and grass and the other animals found something they liked to eat.
After the lion had finished the story, the little Cub
Bear commenced to tease his papa for a story about the
"Little-Club-Foot-Bear-that-would-not-mind-his-papa," but the
Papa Bear said that he was tired of telling stories about the
"Little-bear-that-would-not-mind-his-papa," but would tell a story
about a club-foot grizzly bear, if the little Cub Bear wanted to hear
it. The little Cub Bear said that he did, and snuggled up as close as
he could to his papa, for grizzly bears are as large as four or five
grown-up brown bears all put together, and they have great teeth and
claws. They like to eat little pigs, and little calves, and such things
instead of berries and honey. When the little Cub Bear had snuggled up
as close to his papa as he could the Papa Bear commenced.