Chapter I: Front Matter

BUSTER BEAR’S TWINS

BY

THORNTON W. BURGESS

_With Illustrations by_

_HARRISON CADY_

GROSSET & DUNLAP

Publishers New York

_Printed by arrangement with Little, Brown, and Company_

_Copyright, 1921, 1923_,

BY THORNTON W. BURGESS.

_All rights reserved_

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dedication

TO CHILDHOOD

LITTLE HUMAN FOLK, LITTLE PEOPLE IN
FUR AND FEATHERS AND ALL OTHER
CHILDREN OF OLD MOTHER
NATURE THIS BOOK
IS DEDICATED

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I MOTHER BEAR’S SECRET 1

II PETER SCARES THE TWINS 8

III PETER’S GLEE IS SHORT-LIVED 14

IV BOXER AND WOOF-WOOF 20

V OUT IN THE GREAT WORLD 26

VI THE TWINS CLIMB A TREE 32

VII A SCARE THAT DIDN’T WORK 39

VIII TOO LATE CHATTERER IS SORRY 46

IX THE TWINS HAVE TO GO HOME 52

X THE TWINS GET EVEN WITH PETER RABBIT 58

XI PETER IS IN A TIGHT PLACE 64

XII PETER TAKES A CHANCE 69

XIII A GREAT MIX-UP OF LITTLE BEARS 74

XIV TWO FOOLISH-FEELING LITTLE BEARS 80

XV THE TWINS MEET THEIR FATHER 86

XVI THE TWINS TAKE TO A TREE 92

XVII MOTHER COMES TO THE RESCUE 98

XVIII THE TWINS ARE COMFORTED 104

XIX THE CUBS TALK IT OVER 110

XX THE TWINS GET THEIR FIRST BATH 116

XXI THE TWINS ARE STILL PUZZLED 123

XXII BOXER GETS A SPANKING 129

XXIII BOXER IS SULKY 135

XXIV BOXER STARTS OUT TO GET EVEN 141

XXV CHATTERER HAS FUN WITH BOXER 147

XXVI ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD 153

XXVII A DREADFUL NIGHT FOR A LITTLE BEAR 159

XXVIII BOXER GETS HIS OWN BREAKFAST 165

XXIX BOXER HAS A PAINFUL LESSON 171

XXX BOXER IS SADDER BUT MUCH WISER 177

XXXI BOXER MEETS A POLITE LITTLE FELLOW 183

XXXII BOXER WISHES HE HADN’T 189

XXXIII WOOF-WOOF TURNS UP HER NOSE 195

XXXIV ALL IS WELL AT LAST 201

ILLUSTRATIONS

My, my, how excited they were as
Mother Bear led the way. _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

Boxer climbed up on the pile of brush
and jumped up and down. 72

It was the first time they ever had
been in the water all over. 120

He pitched heels over head down the
bank of the Laughing Brook. 164

BUSTER BEAR’S TWINS