smile, for Anne was crying all the while. And if we didn't hear a bear, I'm sure, dear mother, one was there. Boys always must take care of girls, You see you've told me so. That's why I tried to pat Anne's curls, And walked with her real slow. But when we heard nurse calling out, "Come, children, come along!" "Come, Nurse," you should have heard me shout— Anne says my voice is strong. "Run, Anne," I cried, "I'm almost five, and I'll kill any bear alive." And if we didn't see a bear, I truly think that one was there. How glad I was when Nurse turn'd round, For everything seemed queer. The trees looked strange, and then that sound We didn't like to hear. Nurse laughed when we had told her all[32] About the bear we saw. "I came as quick's I heard you call, And it's against the law For bears to live where people stay. They are five hundred miles away." But if we didn't meet a bear, I'm sure that almost one was there. 

Dear mother, in the wood.

And we'd been very good.

When little Anne and I,

And Anne began to cry.

We felt so all alone—

I'll hit it with a stone."

Said I, "I'm not afraid

You look so cross," she said.

You see you've told me so.

And walked with her real slow.

"Come, children, come along!"

Anne says my voice is strong.

For everything seemed queer.

We didn't like to hear.

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