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FABLED STORIES FROM THE ZOO.
cheese, and butter, and cakes, and the like.
At last there was an annual fair to be held at
a large village, some miles off, and Eric thought
he might earn money for the poor family at
home,—mind you, I was always ’Anna’s bear,
and no one else’s,—and I thought I might earn
her a new gown, and some new boots, of which
she was sadly in want."
" She had danced so much with you, Bruin,
teaching you dancing for nothing, that she
had quite worn out her pumps," said the
ever-rallying American bear.
" Just so," said Nahley good-humouredly;
" that was our first concert trip, and then we
returned home again with our earnings, and to
take leave of Anna and all-" Here poor
Nahley stopped, and I fancy that he was
overcome with the recollection of parting from the
merry little child he loved so well.
" What next ? How did you get into this
fix here in the Zoo ? " asked the American.
" Then we started for another village, and
then for a small town, and so we visited numbers
of fairs, and everywhere I danced to Eric’s
playing. I had my portrait taken, and he sent
it home to Anna, a very good likeness, they
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