[A Bicycle of Cathay by Frank R. Stockton]@TWC D-Link bookA Bicycle of Cathay CHAPTER X 15/20
"Come down!" I said.
"Come down, Orso!" But Orso did not move. "Bears don't come down head-foremost," cried Percy; "they turn around and come down backwards.
You ought to have a chain to his tail if you want to pull him down." "He hasn't got any tail!" exclaimed Genevieve. I was in a quandary.
I might as well try to break the branch as to pull the bear down.
"If we had only thought of bringing a bucket of meat!" cried Percy. "Would you mind holding the chain," I said to Walter, "while I try to drive him down ?" Of course the developed young man was not afraid to do anything I was not afraid to do, and he took the chain.
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