[Children of the Wild by Charles G. D. Roberts]@TWC D-Link bookChildren of the Wild CHAPTER XII 6/18
I once knew of a couple of youngsters who might have saved themselves and their parents a lot of trouble if they could have made some such sound as you did, at the right time.
But they couldn't, or, at least, they didn't; and, therefore, things happened, which I'll tell you about if you like." The Babe carefully laid his string of fish in a cool place under some leaves, and then came and sat on the grass at his uncle's feet to listen. "They were an odd pair of youngsters," began Uncle Andy--and paused to get his pipe going. "They were a curious pair, and they eyed each other curiously.
One was about five years old and the other about five months.
One was all pink and white, and ruddy tan, and fluffy gold, and the other all glossy black.
One, in fact, was a baby, and the other was a bear. "Neither had come voluntarily into this strange fellowship; and it would have been hard to say which of the pair regarded the other with most suspicion.
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