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Last week you weq£told how the Play-Store was built and how Little Bear'and Aundak .'came to trade!without having any money to pay for the they wanted. They did a vefy^ wicked "jh'ingi indeed,- wiien they STOLE the'rnapl£sugar arid the corn, and ran away iiujb the woods with it. And they 'did not conic back until they had eaten it all up! : When they'DID come back there was a great surprise in store for them! Big Bear had built 'a strong'^cage.of v sharp sticks away, and as soon as they came sneaking around trying to make friends, Mic grabbed i them: both r and shoye^ them inside fastening thexn in securely. They spent the night in the little jail-ahd all they got the next \u25a0morningjori breakfast' w|is dry bread and water! Yellow. Hair "wrote on a strip of birch hark. ''This is a 'jail for THIEFS 1'^and f ast«»«d it to; the"cagfe : , Little Bear earned. *he WarnpWto.the Play-Store and paid for : the maple^sugaf he had^ "hool«d. f :, : Like aUlittld* bears (and MOST little BOYS) he then asked for,"Shum-she-nuh"— a small present—for paying what heowed^ Although he ''--I didat' t deserve it. Little Growling Bird was kind enough to give him a ' funny Jumping-Jack to - encourage him, to be^ honest. I Now,. Nokomis had put the glass beads in -Aundak's drinking pan, which he took in his b'eak "and carried tbward'the Play- Store; but. before he quite got there, he stopped to look over and admire thenv -TKey' looked so^'smooth* and bright, he thought it would be a pity to pay them ALL outfor a single ear of corn. ; "I'll piy HALF arid 1 keep HALF ! g That's fair enough «" he & said. j>o he began swallowing one after another of thepretty beads, pretending \ to count x^m:'> : :Vf^U^\.'-\'-' .\u25a0\u25a0:\u25a0'-\u25a0''. ' . -' ., As the big rain-drops began to fall YeUowHatt noticed thaY^ and picked him up and carried him inside the Play-Store. Arid Little Bear, too, was badly frightened when he heard the pea of thunder and Aerush of the coming rain. ; i He"dropped his "Jumo-UD Man" Sid" scrambled 'wildly* itoget intcTthe little Play- Store. You see, the Bear People are afraid of the roar of^UH T NEME-KE,Tdii^ THUNDER!SPimT:^Th^thmk r it iaT thiel gfowling of the GREAT^NAKED BEAR.'; ; who Kyes in the; Medicine C^^of J^el^md^^^^ large ar:d terrible that he could eat up aU the rest of the bearelna^couple of muttering of UH-Ncme4Cclfaey tninlcl««jTJgry^wid hide'themselwis'untU h'e'gbes*back.to^1^ caivtlWell-^ \u25a0 . v*. ..-/;. • -•.-, -'•: :•\u25a0:>.-_< •\u25a0 ?:--,-\u25a0 .>;-\u25a0,:\u25a0\u25a0 .-\u25a0•\u25a0•-••• \u25a0•,:,>. =.. \u25a0 \u25a0• ' \u25a0 •.-. ->\u25a0 - _\u25a0- - l "\u25a0: — .-•- \u25a0 -.^^--- THEjSAN^FRANGISCO^ SUNDAY ;pALH-; tLittie Bear and Aundak were in deep disgrace "and they felt very gmltyT indeed?^ Theyjiaid they were sorry and would do it ag^in^ and offered to do chores to.pay foV the things they took if Nokotpis and thechildren would forgive them and; Xt then? .out was a very kind-hearted 'Grandmother, and she sc«n thought of a way-out of the trouble. She went H> the Birch-BarkTruhk^CwhereaU the nice presents were keptyandbroughVout a iot*of pretty glass^^ beads, also a string* of Wampum rhade' of round pieces of clam^shelLv: She lent the Wampum^toIa^eBev/andAeg telling "them to'taketiiemand pay what they owed at the : Play-Store. 'VT^cnBigiBcar'-bJroke^opcn the "jail" and set them free. ir» while thechUdrehwent off; : hand inhakd, to open : •the;sto^e:for\u25a0bWnesi.^/v-V\u25a0\u25a0^\u25a0-iy.\u25a0\u25a0».•1\u25a0-f- ••-••"•--- •.'.! ---: /• a -IV-' \u25a0;^ i, _ ... in i i. ,,, \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0.• UML^,-.'.. 1 .", J j..n||||ii"|...ii»...i^—. mr— nil' MM I _ ' I •" ; _^ " _ _ _. * _, _ _ ___ _' ,,_ ," - After Aua 4 a^ lT^o^J»P^;FI3^EEN.l» lo«Vburit;and;'of course., had "to. begin all over i again 1 And so he went on/picking up the beads and swaltoWmgthe^-6"ne by oVe, '\u25a0im^'ot^jk\t^-ym}Kit^^Ha'c^vnm;wx^w9 full and heayythat he lost his balance and ..tumbled over headforemost^. LitUe'Bearwas so happy, playing with "the Jurriping-Jack and Jhcking^cpamt off it that he didn't notice the;trouble^ The sky^suddenly began to darken^and a clap of thunder. burst ; loudly Wfh^d r^-Kk:iB^. called run to a 4 rain T storrn^was^;coming.v'BuVGrowKng 1 Bir f d.was not afraid of the thunder, and. besides. he"wanted to stay 'fnthePlay-Store_and^Jth^ \u25a0 ; - ''^ f '-::r^ -• : v ;