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THE BROWN BEAR. IJ
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said, and there I stood erect, as I did the first
time I danced with her. Many years have
passed since then. I have danced to Eric’s
fiddle through many lands, till he died of fever
in a foreign city, and to defray the expenses
of the doctor and the funeral, I was sold to
strangers, who sold me again to this
establishment, where fortunately they do not know that
I can dance."
" But you were first sold by Anna, though.
Don’t you wish you had made a sandwich ot
her ? " said the American.
" That a bear should fall in love with a little
girl was certainly very stupid, but I know,
though parted, she cherishes me still in her
memory, and I often see her in my dreams, a
comforting angel in my captivity."
Here the Swedish bear ended his story, and
lay down, and I saw something like a tear
glistening in his eye.
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