Grizzly Cubs Play
Grizzly Bear
The cubs will splash
In the sunlight flash
They'll take a dash
And have a spring wash.
The grizzly bear is the most ferocious
animal in our country. He knows his own
strength, and is not afraid to attack even
the great buffalo. He strikes him quick
and fast with his great paw until he breaks
his bones, and then he can kill him easily.
Some of these bears are nine feet long,
and are as large as an ox. They often
weigh ten or twelve hundred pounds. He is
not afraid of a man, like the black bear, but
will kill one if he can meet him, whether
he is hungry or not. If he kills anything
when be is not hungry, he digs a hole in
the ground, puts in his prey, and then cov-
ers it up, and lets it stay till he is hungry.
A man once saw a great grizzly bear
coming right toward him. He was not
armed, and could not run away. So he
lay down and pretended to be dead. Soon
the bear came up, turned him over with his
great paw, and at last dragged him off and
buried him, and then went away to wait till
he was hungry. After the bear was gone,
the man got up and made his way out of
the woods as fast as his feet could carry
him. Don't you think the man was glad
that the bear was not hungry?
Bears are often spoken of in the Bible.
Do you remember where David told Saul
that he had killed both a lion and a bear
that were carrying off his father's lambs ?
He did not take all the praise to himself,
but said that the Lord had delivered him
from the paw of the lion, and the paw of the
bear.