Timmy Whoof

When he grew bigger he would be what people call a "cinnamon bear," which means that his fur coat would be a pretty light brown of the same hue as the spicy cinnamon powder whic...

Sometimes, the barking sounded nearer, then Mother Cinnamon Bear would lead her two fat cubs back into the farthest corner of their cave home and purr and growl to them softly w...

Now, I hope you have not forgotten about the tall hill on the other side of the wide plain, about a mile from the bear's cave, where the ring of bright, rosy lights appeared eve...

Now, there is one thing, Children, which often plays a sorry part in the lives of two-legged men! Often it leads them a worse dance than the dogs led the bear! That is fear.

It was only two days after little Timmy Bear-cub lost his mother--all through her chasing a shepherd and putting her head in a flour-bag--that he got his name of Timmy.

Timmy Whoof, the little fat bear cub, had never heard that nursery riddle, the answer to which is "a candle," as most children know. He did not even know what fire was, much les...

But there were many evenings after that when little Timmy Whoof did miss his mother a good deal and cry for her sadly. Shepherd Timothy was very kind to him. He did not play a c...