"Poor fellow! he walks in the snow and the sleet,
And has neither stockings nor shoes on his feet;
I pity him so! how cold he must be!
And yet he keeps singing his chick-a-de-de.

“If I were a barefooted snow bird, I know
I would not stay out in the cold and the snow;
I wonder what makes him so full of his glee;
He's all the time singing that chick-a-de-de.

"O mother, do get him some stockings and shoes,
And a nice little frock, and a hat, if he choose;
I wish he'd come into the parlor and see
How warm we would make him, poor chick-a-de-de."

The bird had flown down for some pieces of bread,
And heard every word little Emily said:
"How queer I should look in that dress!" thought he;
And he laughed as he warbled his chick-a-de-de.

"I'm grateful," he said, "for the wish you express, But I've no occasion for such a fine dress;

I would rather remain with my limbs all free,
Than to hobble about singing chick-a-de-de.

"There is one, my dear child, though I can't tell who,
Has clothed me already, and warm enough too.
Good morning! O, who are so happy as we?"
And away he went, singing his chick-a-de-de.

X. THE BEAR AT SCHOOL.

JAMES BROWN lived in the country. One day, when he was walking in the woods, he saw something at the foot of a tall pine tree which looked like a large black ball.

While he was looking, he thought he saw the black thing move. So he went softly up to it, and saw that it was a young bear. "I must mind what I am about," said he to himself; "for though you are too young to have teeth, your mother may not be far off, and I should not like to feel her teeth or claws; or even to have a kind hug from her."

James looked at the tree, and saw that the trunk was much worn by the claws of a bear. The marks showed that bears had both gone up and come down the tree, and he could just see that there was a large hole at the top of the trunk, from which the young bear had probably fallen.

All this time, the young bear lay quite still. James looked up at the tree once more, and round on all sides; for he thought that the old bear might be lurking in the brushwood close by, or in some hole in the ground.

When he saw that the old bear was not near, he stooped down and snatched up the cub, and ran off as fast as he could. He still kept a sharp lookout, lest the old bear should rush out upon him from some hiding place.

James knew that the speed of the black bear was

very great, and that when they lose their cubs, they are very fierce; so he meant, if he saw any thing of the old bear, to drop the cub and run away. But no old bear was to be seen, and James reached home in safety with his prize.

His father was standing at the door, and asked him what he had in his arms.

"A young bear, father," said he. "O, he is such a fat thing; and he is very warm and soft." "And what do you mean to do with him?" asked his father.

"I mean to keep him," answered James, "if you will give me leave."

"Keep him! my boy," replied his father; "why, he will eat you up, one of these days, if you do."

"No, father," said James; "I think I can tame him. I am almost sure that I can, if you will let me try."

"There is but one way to tame him," said his father; "and that is, to be kind to him. The law of love is good for all. It is good for man and beast. You must feed him well, and never beat him."

James thanked his father, and kept the bear. He fed it, for the first two or three months, on bread and milk, and then he gave it fruit and bread, and now and then some meat. The bear grew large and strong, and was very fond of James; and at last he became as tame as a house dog.

JAMES went to a school about a mile from home, and one day the bear followed him. The school boys were afraid of him at first; but when they saw how tame and playful he was, they became very fond of him, and James took him to school with him every day.

In school hours he was shut up in the woodshed; and when the boys came out they had great sport in playing with him. They gave him a share of the bread and fruit which they brought to school in their bags; and when it was very cold weather, they let him go into the school room, at noon, to warm himself, and to eat his dinner with them.

Two years had passed, when one day James called his bear to go to school; but he did not come. Search was made for him, but he could not be found. He had doubtless gone away to live in the woods. James bore his loss as well as he could, but the bear was greatly missed by himself and all the school boys.

Four more years passed, and there was a great change in the school. It was now kept by another teacher, and all the boys who had been at school in the time of James and his bear were gone.

The ground had been hard with frost and white with snow for six weeks, when, one very cold day, while the teacher was hearing a class spell, a boy went out to get some wood for the fire. He left the door half open, and a large bear walked in.

The teacher and children were all in a great fright; but they could not run out, for the bear stood in the doorway. All they could do was to get behind the desks, and keep as still as they could.

But the bear took no notice of them. He walked up to the fireplace and warmed himself, and looked as if he were quite at home. At length he walked up to the wall, where, on a row of pegs, the boys and girls had hung their bags.

Standing upon his hind legs, he put his fore paws and nose into the bags, one by one, and helped himself to the fruit and bread which he found there. He next tried to open the teacher's drawer; but this was locked. He then went back to the fire,