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HOW THE BADGEB MADE MES. BEAR
BLIND
OLD Mrs. Bear, so they say, was an easy
going body who thought well of every
one. Her wigwam was all by itself, and her
next-door neighbour was so far off that he was
not her neighbour at all, but was the neighbour
of someone else! So Mrs. Bear asked an old
woman to live with her for company.
One cold night in winter the two old women
made up a good fire, and lay down and went
to sleep Indian-fashion with their backs to
the fire. Mrs. Bear s feet were near the old
lady s head, and the old lady s feet were near
Mrs. Bear s head.
Now when they were sound asleep, the Bad
ger came prowling around. He looked in at the
door of the wigwam and saw the old women
asleep, heads and points. At once he saw a
chance for a rare bit of mischief; so he went
into the woods and cut a fine long sappling
pole, and poked one end of it into the fire
until it was a burning coal. Then he touched
the soles of Mrs. Bear s feet with it. Mrs.
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Bear waked and cried out to her :
companion
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