With one big paw she rolled him over--and saw Chegawasse firmly and determinedly attached to her offspring's nose.

Flattening Neewa on his back so that he could not move she seized the beetle between her teeth, bit slowly until Chegawasse lost his hold, and then swallowed him.
From then until dusk Neewa nursed his sore nose.

A little before dark Noozak curled herself up against the big rock, and Neewa took his supper.

Then he made himself a nest in the crook of her big, warm forearm.

In spite of his smarting nose he was a happy bear, and at the end of his first day he felt very brave and very fearless, though he was but nine weeks old.