“But we kill lambs and calves, mamma dear,” said one little bear, proudly; “I have killed a chicken myself!”
“That was for your natural food,” said Mamma Bear, beaming upon him fondly. “The most intelligent animals are those which, like bears, eat both meat and vegetables. Men are almost as intelligent as we are; but they never will be truly wise, until they learn to live in peace with each other, as bears do.”
Before the little bears went to bed that night, their mamma taught them this pretty little hymn:
“Let boys delight to scold and fight,
For ’tis their nature to;
Let naughty children scratch and bite—
All human beings do.
“But little bearies, never let
Your angry passions rise;
Your little paws were never made