How the Monkey Went to School

The Bear Family at Home

by Curtis D. WILBUR (1867 - 1954)

THE BEAR FAMILY AT HOME -And How the Circus Came to Visit Them Once a little cub bear was caught in a big log trap, and taken on a train to a circus. He lived in the circus a long, long while, and every day a great many people came to see the bear, and the lions, and the tigers, and the leopards, and the elephants, and the camels, and the other animals. Every night the animals would all be put in the wagons made for them, then the wagons would be rolled on the flat-cars of a railroad train. The train would go all night to another town, where a great many people would come to see the animals and the men and women in the circus. The Cub Bear saw a great many wonderful and strange things while he was in the circus and while traveling on the trains. Once he crossed the ocean in a great ship, and came back again in another ship. The first story tells How the Little Bear got free from the circus and back in the woods again. : - Summary by the author

Listen next episodes of The Bear Family at Home:
The "Little-Cub-Bear-that-Would-Not-Mind-His-Papa" , How the Circus Crossed the Ocean , How the "Little-Cub-Bear-that-Would-Not-Mind-His-Papa" Was Nearly Drowned among the Logs , How the Raccoon Was Caught , Jimmie Bear's Story , Out All Alone , The Animals Plan How They Will Defend Themselves against the Circus Men , The "Club-Foot-Bear-that-Would-Not-Mind-His-Papa"—A Great Smash-Up , The Coming of the Animal with the Long Nose , The Coming of the Great Big Animal and How He Helped the Bear Family , The Lion's Story of His Narrow Escape , The "Little-Club-Foot-Bear-that-Would-Not-Mind-His-Papa" and the Dynamite , The "Little-Cub-Bear-that-Would-Not-Mind-His-Papa" and How He Took an Unexpected Bath , The Monkey's Story of His Most Narrow Escape , The "One-Eared-Bear-that-Would-Not-Mind-His-Papa" , The Papa Bear's Lullaby , The Parrot's Most Narrow Escape , The Story of the Little Bird's Escape from the Alligator , The Story of the "Little-Split-Nosed-Bear-that-Would-Not-Mind-His-Papa , The True Story of How Ten Men Did Not Kill Club-Foot