” MOTHER BEAR’S CALL” story gives us the true meaning of courage even when we see that we are going to face some danger or people beyond our capabilities. Having the mental and moral strength to overcome fears is a great challenge that must be met with the same vigor and intensity as a mother Bear protecting her cub.
MOTHER BEAR’S CALL
Maria, from an upperwindow, spied the children coming, tugging the basket along,
she called down to olduncle and aunt Susan on the Piazza.
“Ifthe children aren’t bringing home a cub,”
old uncle stirred in his hammock AuntSusan went down the steps,
“what we donext?” said old uncle as the twins came upwith a joyful outcry to exhibit
theirtreasured heroes and peered into thebasket,” it is a cub, surely” he looked
at thechildren from under his shaggy eyebrows,
“where you fit your shaggy amount more?”,
“we, wethought you’d be pleased,”she faltered “Why uncle?” cried Ali,
“why olduncle? Don’t you love a baby bear? I justwant you to see him suck my fingers.
You can’t help loving him “,
“I love you,” Teasetold uncle, catching her up to a place inthe hammock beside himself,
“but you can’tkeep his love on your fingers even ifyou only soaked up one day,”
“you’re justfunning; pincher knows how to feed him,and so does Michael, reckon se and Icould too,”
“Oh, we won’t let him be a bitof trouble,” said Se
“oh, of course, it won’tbe any trouble,” said ant Susan,
she andAunt Rose had brought a bottle of warmmilk with a rag over the top of it
theyput it into the little Bears mouth, andthe whole family gathered round to seehim
take his dinner, his grunts ofsatisfaction were very funny; at last, the little fellow let go
of the bottlestretched himself out and rolled over onthe grass and looked so
good-natured, youwould almost have said he was laughing,and Aunt Susan said
“a little bear is alittle deer.”
the cub must have beenpretty tired from all the attention andendearment he had
received that day not tosay anything about Master Will’s effortsto make him stand on
his hind legs whenhe tumbled over every time like a moldof jelly, but it lasts, and after
hissupper, he was put to sleep in the shedon a little truss of hay under an oldblanket.
Where as soon as he was alone, hebegan to whimper for his mother, but thechildren
did not hear him. They haddrooped upstairs to their own beds, allof them as tired
as the cub himselfand were presently sound asleep.
The great moon rose white and solemn abovethe hills and poured her silver over
theforests and the whole world seemed tosleep – it was just in their first sweet
slumber that everyone in the house wasawakened by the most frightful soundthey
had ever heard, now it was loud high,and shrill; now it was a long low growl,
now again, it was a series of sharp crieslike barks; now, it was a roller andsomething
was knocking about the chairson the Piazza, scratching at Linden’s lumbering
down the steps andplowing and plunging over the grass,something with heavy jaws
and coming,clap clap along the front of the housefinally, it made off clumsily
in thedirection of the shed and raised such anuproar that the sky rang with it
everyone was out of bed at thewindows,the twins half hiding behind thecurtains
and fright shivered as they sawplainly in the moonlight a big creaturestanding erect
cuffing away at the sideof the shed and whining and growling allthe more, a little
wine answered him fromwithin the pincher, saw the children, andlaughed; he was
standing at the window atthe other end of the long hall,
“It’s the mother bear he called here,” you hear
“where’smy little bear” she’s asking “Where’s mybaby, you folks? Give him back
or I’ll eatyour baby’s, little Bruin. I hear aye; you want your mammy, don’t you?
Shesmelled you all the way here. How am Igonna fetch her? you bet I’m gonna give
him my little bear, he’s a dreadfulfrighten there if you folks only see himeating
the blackberries, you’d know howsmart he was,see I can’t just lend him; I got to get
him real fat for we go into winterquarters how’d you get here? How’d youget here
anyway, you little scamp, I can’tleave you for five minutes; you were safelyasleep
in a soft holler, and then when Iwas waiting in the river with a beehivein my arms,
supposed to drown the beesand get the honey, off you go, don’t youknow, the little
bear should mind theirmother.I won’t leave so much as their aprons onif I can put my
paws on them, but I’llhave to box their ears for my guests. Isay now, folks, I’ll tear the
place downif you don’t give me back my cub”,
“Ohpincher, does she really say all that,” askedTally, “pincher, would she tear down thehouse?” cried Se,
“the poor mother!” AuntSusan was exclaiming, hurrying into herdress,Singh gallon
and slippers, and then sheand old uncle ran down the back wayfollowed by Pincher,
and they took up thecub and opened the shed door crack, andpushed him through
and banged and boltedthe door behind them.
Everybody lookedout that could the mother bear stood off for a moment on her hind
legs, then she fellon the cub like an avalanche and heldhim in her arms as any mother
holds herbaby and licked him from top to toe andlaid down and gave him his dinner.
After that gazing back at the house every stepor two with a growl, she lurched offlittle
Bruin laboriously followed, butPincher declared that the last he saw ashe watched
her out of sight, she was upon her hind legs carrying her baby inher arms like
anybody.
The twins watchedas long as they could see her, then Essie began to cry
“I wanted to keep him, ah Iloved him so,”
“so did I,” said Ali with our arms aroundEssie, “but I guess Se, we will have to getalong with Bobo.
I wonder how Pincher knew his name wasbrewing. Someday we’ll go into the woods
and call Bruin Bruin, and perhaps he willremember us; his mother loved him, youknow Essie.
I suppose she was so sorrywhen she found him gone; mothers must have their babies;
you know”
“why?” said Essie
“They belong to them,” said Ali
“if you foolishchildren don’t go to sleep,I’ll call mother bear back,” said old uncle
“Oh, do youbelieve you could?” said Ali
“Oh, uncle, I wish youwould,” said Essie
The End
E. GOB
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