“Won’t he bite?”
“Oh, no; he’s a tame bear. Ain’t you, old Bruin?”
The bear rubbed his head against his legs as before.
“Won’t he do anything to us if we come on shore?” asked Teddy, nervously.
“Oh, no; he’s as good-natured as an old dog.”
“Then we’ll land,” said Julius. “We’ve been stayin’ out here an hour, ’cause Teddy here was afraid of him.”
“You were just as much afraid as I was,” said Teddy, indignantly.{65}
“That’s a lie. Me and Tom ain’t afraid of anything; but we wouldn’t leave you here alone.”
“Don’t you believe him,” said Teddy.
“I don’t,” said the boy on shore, laughing.