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33 40 FABLED STORIES FROM THE ZOO.
the table beside the window, and began
capering about, to the merry tunes of Eric’s fiddle."
" And you, Bruin ?" asked the bears in
chorus.
"Of course, I danced too, first on all-fours,
but Anna motioned to me what to do, and
soon I danced on my hind-legs alone. It was
the first time I ever danced; but, alas! it was
not the last, for since Anna had discovered that
I had a talent for that sort of thing, she got me
to dance every day. When the father returned
I was dancing with Anna, she on the table, I
outside the window. I had just had a second
bowl of milk, this time porridge and milk
together, and could do no less than dance for it
The old soldier stopped astonished at the gate,
and burst into a hearty laugh, saying: ’I
declare it is a tame bear that has got loose!’
" ’ No,’ said his wife, who now dared to stand
with the door slightly ajar, ’it is a wild bear,
sure enough, but Anna has tamed him.’
" I did not care to return to my lair now, for
I could not have got a wink of sleep the whole
of the remaining winter, so I stopped at the
homestead, where they fed me well, but of
course never with any meat, for, indeed, they
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