LITTLE JOHNNY UPON THE BEAR.
A man had a tame heai- wiob was f'nid of uwcefcs, jukl littilu boysis too, but f;irls liko slato pencils, ami l/lio bear got the stopper
out of a barl of molasses and et, and et, and et. Wen it had et enuf it was sick and went to bed on the ground, with the molasses a ruonm all the wile over it. Wen the molasses had ol rund out that bear was a site to see, for it had roled about in it, and wen the man he come and found the bear he looked a wile, an then he said, the man did : " Wero is yure bread ?" The bear was so sick it grinned, wich the man fchot wag cos he was funny, so he said, "You are so sweet you ot to be lickt ; Sammy (that was the man's boy), you likes this kind of thing, too, come and lick it up." After a wile the man a*t Sammy did he lick it up, and Sammy he said : " I licqed it an hour with a big stick, but not up, cos it wudent git up." And wen the man looked Sammy had pounded the poor bear till ib waa ded.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1418, 25 January 1879, Page 23
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208LITTLE JOHNNY UPON THE BEAR. Otago Witness, Issue 1418, 25 January 1879, Page 23
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