Mrs. Bobbsey and Aunt Sarah looked out, and saw a big black object
come into the moonlight.
"Oh, it _is_ a bear!" declared Mrs. Bobbsey.
"It does look like some strange beast," agreed Aunt Sarah.
"I wish Mr. Bobbsey were here," said the lumber merchant's wife.
"Uncle Daniel will fix him!" declared Freddie. "Uncle Daniel's got a
gun. Mamma, can't I take my fire engine and squirt water on that
bear?"
"No, indeed!" answered Mrs. Bobbsey. "Get back to bed right away."
"Dan, you'd better see what it is," said Aunt
Sarah, as her husband, half dressed, was heard out in the hall. "There
_is_ some animal under the lilac bush."
"I'll soon have him out of that," said the farmer. He had his gun with
him, and while the children watched from the window, they saw him step
out of the kitchen door.
"Oh, he's going to shoot!" cried Freddie in a shrill whisper, as he
watched his uncle.
"I don't want to hear him!" murmured Flossie, as she got into her
crib, and pulled the bed clothes over her ears.
But Bert, Nan and the others watched. Then, just as Uncle Daniel
raised the gun, to shoot at something black which he saw beneath the
lilac bush, an animal rushed out, and gave a howl.
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