For here ’twas said we’d surely see

The man who chased bears up a tree

And with both eyes shut on darkest night

Could hit a bear and win a fight.”

“To stand your ground,” said TEDDY-B,

“Is the thing that we Bears like to see;

If fighting’s trump or simply fun,

We stand, eyes front, and never run;

But those men of yours who guard your fort

Should be taken West for a little sport