Bears is Almost Human Anyhow
“Fellers,” he added feelingly, “I wish t’ my legs growed hind-side-fust.”
“What fer?”
“So ’s ’t I wouldn’t bark my shins!”
“Bears,” remarked John, “is all left-handed. Ever note that? Hit’s the left paw you wanter look out fer. He’d a-knocked somethin’ out o’ yer head if there’d been much in it, Doc.”
“Funny thing, but hit’s true,” declared Bill, “that a bear allers dies flat on his back, onless he’s trapped.”
“So do men,” said “Doc” grimly; “men who’ve been shot in battle. You go along a battlefield, right atter the action, and you’ll find most o’ the dead faces pintin’ to the sky.”
“Bears is almost human, anyhow. A skinned bear looks like a great big-bodied man with long arms and stumpy legs.”
