1915

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I [CUFFY WAKES UP]
II [CUFFY BEAR FINDS A PORCUPINE]
III [CUFFY AND THE WONDERFUL SPRING]
IV [CUFFY LEARNS SOMETHING]
V [CUFFY AND THE MAPLE-SUGAR]
VI [CUFFY MEETS A MAN]
VII [THE ICE GOES OUT OF THE RIVER]
VIII [CUFFY LEARNS TO SWIM]
IX [A SURPRISE]
X [CUFFY CLIMBS BLUE MOUNTAIN]
XI [MRS. EAGLE IS ANGRY]
XII [CUFFY BEAR GOES TO MARKET]
XIII [HAYING-TIME]
XIV [CUFFY LIKES BAKED BEANS]
XV [HUNTING FOR A BEE-TREE]
XVI [THE BEES STING CUFFY]
XVII [CUFFY BEAR GOES SWIMMING]
XVIII [CUFFY FRIGHTENS HIS MOTHER]
XIX [THE LITTLE BEAR PETER]
XX [LEARNING TO BOX]
XXI [THE FOREST FIRE]
XXII [THE RAIN COMES]
XXIII [CUFFY BEAR GROWS SLEEPY]
[A WORD TO GROWN UPS]

THE TALE OF CUFFY BEAR

I

CUFFY WAKES UP

Far up on the side of Blue Mountain lived Cuffy Bear with his father and mother and his little sister Silkie. Mr. Bear's house was quite the finest for many miles around. It was what people call a cave, being made entirely of stone, and so there was no danger of its ever catching fire; and since it was built straight into the side of the mountain the roof was so very, very thick that Cuffy's father never had to worry for fear a tree would fall upon his house and hurt his family. No matter how hard the wind blew, Mr. Bear was never afraid of that.

Little Cuffy was not a bad bear at heart. But often when he was playing with Silkie, his sister, he would lose his temper and cuff her on the head and make her cry. Then his father or his mother would cuff him. Somehow, he never could learn not to strike out when he became angry. That was why he was called Cuffy. It happened sometimes that a day or two would pass without Cuffy's cuffing his sister. And Mr. Bear and Mrs. Bear would begin to think that at last Cuffy had been cured of his bad habit.