L. A. B. C.
A BEAR-STORY.
“I know a new bear-story,”
I said to the little folks,
Who surely as the twilight falls,
Begin to tease and coax.
“And did they live in the forest,
In a den all deep and dark?
And were there three?”—“Yes, three,” I said,
“But they lived in the park.
“Let’s see! Old Jack, the grizzly,
With great white claws, was there;
And a mother bear with thick brown coat,
And Betty, the little bear!
“And Silver-Locks went strolling
One day, in that pretty wood,
With Ninny, the nurse, and all at once
They came where the bears’ house stood.