Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 180
said :And so youcan see for your-self that there isnothing at all inV*1 *\ the stories about bears being cross and)rnr*s wanting to bite peoples heads off.Just at this time there were terriblecries of Murder! Murder! They turned to look, and there they sawsomething in the road that was rolling… … The big bear was holding Josey on his lap,just as if she were his little daughter, and shewas very comfortable, when he heard this noise. He dropped the littlegirl immediately, andran down to the road,where he took a bucketof water and dashed itover the thing that wasrolling like a ball. Thenhe…
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