Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 334
, your neighbor, Mrs. Gould. A FAMILY TRADITION.By TWILA A. MCDOWELL (age 16). When my great-great-grandfather and grandmotherUptograph first came to America, everything was cov-ered with woods, and they had no near neighbors.They soon made a clearing and built a loghouse, a barn,and a pig-pen. One… … did not kill the pig but was biting its head. The pigwas trying to get away, but instead of getting away, itonly carried the bear with it. Of course the pig couldnot go very fast, but I think the bear must have enjoyedits ride. Grandpa did not know what to do, so hestraddled the bears back and took…
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