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The Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn

CHAPTER XXX
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Will you abide by this ?" He said "yes," and drew--the longest piece.
"That is well," said Sam.

"And now no more of this at present.

I will sling this poor little fellow in my blanket and carry him home to his mother.

See, Cecil, what is Rover at ?" Rover was on his hind legs against the tree, smelling at something.
When they came to look, there was a wee little grey bear perched in the hollow of the tree.
"What a very strange place for a young bear!" said Cecil.
"Depend on it," said Sam, "that the child had caught it from its dam, and brought it up here.

Take it home with you, Cecil, and give it to Alice." Cecil took the little thing home, and in time it grew to be between three and four feet high, a grandfather of bears.


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