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Q1 Where did the lady find the bear cub? How did she bring it up?
Ans: The lady found the bear cub in the forest near of her house. She fed him with bottle milk. Her cook helped her in this task.
Q2 The bear grew up but “he was a most amiable bear”. Give three examples to prove this.
Ans: The bear was harmless. He watch amicably at the cattle grazing in the field. The children used to ride at his back safely. The 3 dogs loved to play all sorts of games with him, pull his ears and his stump of a tail and tease him.
Q3 What did the bear eat? There were two things he was not allowed to do. What were they?
Ans: The bear ate same food as the dogs. He was given bread, porridge potatoes, cabbages turnip. He was vegetarian. He liked the apple most. He was not allowed to pluckked apples from the tree and attack the beehive.
Q4 When was the bear tied up with a chain? Why?
Ans: The bear was usually tied up with a chain at night and on sunday when the lady visited her sister house for lunch.
Q5 What happened one Sunday when the lady was going to her sister’s house? What did the lady do? What was the bear’s reaction?
Ans: One Sunday while the lady was on way to went to her sisters house. She heard the cracking of Branches behind her. She saw the bear following her. She punish him by hitting him on his nose with her umbrella. The bear turned round & went back.
Q6 Why was the bear looking sorry for himself in the evening? Why did the cook get angry with her mistress?
Ans: The bear looked sad when lady came back home in evening. The poor creature had been in chain all day. He was waiting for her mistress. Mistress scolded her for following her. Cook got angry because bear had been sitting quietly all day.