Father Thrift looked at him a little sternly.
“None for three months,” he said.
Shaggy Bear was in earnest and at once promised to do as he was told.
Then, as the bear rose to go, Father Thrift patted him on the back.
“You mustn’t let this spoil your good times,” he said. “Only remember that nobody can be happy without good health.”
It was a hard trial for the bear.
Many, many times he was tempted to stuff himself with honey and then roll up in his cave and go to sleep. But each time he turned sadly away from temptation.
And at the end of three months he was as sound and healthy as a bear could be. Then how grateful he was to Father Thrift for his good advice!
And the queer little old man was happy to think that he had been able to help Shaggy so much.