Buster Bear's Twins

Continuing the adventure of Buster Bear, we meet his twins, Boxer and Woof-Woof, from their first bath to misadventures with neighbors including Peter Rabbit.


By : Thornton W. Burgess (1874 - 1965)

01 - Mother Bear’s Secret



02 - Peter Scares the Twins



03 - Peter’s Glee Is Short-Lived



04 - Boxer and Woof-Woof



05 - Out in the Great World



06 - The Twins Climb a Tree



07 - A Scare That Didn’t Work



08 - Too Late Chatterer Is Sorry



09 - The Twins Have To Go Home



10 - The Twins Get Even with Peter Rabbit



11 - Peter Is in a Tight Place



12 - Peter Takes a Chance



13 - A Great Mix-Up of Little Bears



14 - Two Foolish-Feeling Little Bears



15 - The Twins Meet Their Father



16 - The Twins Take to a Tree



17 - Mother Comes to the Rescue



18 - The Twins are Comforted



19 - The Cubs Talk It Over



20 - The Twins Get Their First Bath



21 - The Twins Are Still Puzzled



22 - Boxer Gets a Spanking



23 - Boxer Is Sulky



24 - Boxer Starts Out To Get Even



25 - Chatterer Has Fun with Boxer



26 - Alone and Lost in the Great World



27 - A Dreadful Night for a Little Bear



28 - Boxer Gets His Own Breakfast



29 - Boxer Has a Painful Lesson



30 - Boxer Is Sadder but Much Wiser



31 - Boxer Meets a Polite Little Fellow



32 - Boxer Wishes He Hadn’t



33 - Woof-Woof Turns Up Her Nose



34 - All Is Well at Last


The best kept secret soon or late
Will be found out as sure as fate.

Mother Bear.

Have you ever wanted to be in a number of places at the same time? Then you know exactly how Peter Rabbit felt in the beautiful springtime. You see, there was so much going on everywhere all the time that Peter felt sure he was missing something, no matter how much he saw and heard. In that he was quite right.

But you may be sure Peter did his best not to miss any more than he had to. He scampered lipperty-lipperty-lip this way, lipperty-lipperty-lip that way, and lipperty-lipperty-lip the other way, watching, listening, asking questions and making a nuisance of himself generally. For a while there were so many new arrivals in the Old Orchard and on the Green Meadows, feathered friends returning from the Sunny South and in a great hurry to begin housekeeping, and strangers passing through on their way to the Far North, that Peter hardly gave the Green Forest a thought.

But one moonlight night he happened to think of Paddy the Beaver and that he hadn’t seen Paddy since before Paddy’s pond froze over early in the winter.

“I must run over and pay him my respects,” thought Peter.

“I certainly must. I wonder if he is as glad as the rest of us that Sweet Mistress Spring is here.”

No sooner did he think of this than Peter started, lipperty-lipperty-lip, through the Green Forest for the pond of Paddy the Beaver. Now the nearest way was past the great windfall where Mrs. Bear made her home. Peter hadn’t thought of this when he started. He didn’t think of it until he came in sight of it. The instant he saw that old windfall he stopped short. He remembered Mrs. Bear and that he had heard that she had a secret. Instantly curiosity took possession of him. He forgot all about Paddy the Beaver.

For some time Peter sat perfectly still, looking and listening. There was no sign of Mrs. Bear. Was she under that windfall in her bedroom taking a nap, or was she off somewhere? Peter wished he knew. It was such a lovely night that he had a feeling Mrs. Bear was out somewhere. A hop at a time, pausing to look and listen between hops, Peter drew nearer to the great windfall. Still there was no sign of Mrs. Bear.

With his heart going pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, Peter drew nearer and nearer to the great windfall, and at last was close to it on the side opposite to Mrs. Bear’s entrance. Taking care not to so much as rustle a dry leaf on the ground, Peter stole around the end of the great windfall until he could see the entrance Mrs. Bear always used. No one was in sight. Peter drew a long breath and hopped a little nearer. He felt very brave and bold, but you may be sure that at the same time he was ready to jump and run, as only he can at the least hint of danger.

For a long time Peter sat and stared at that entrance and wished he dared just poke his head inside. If Mrs. Bear really had a secret, it was somewhere inside there. Anyway, that is what old Granny Fox had said. He had almost worked his courage up to the point of taking just one hurried little peek in that entrance when his long ears caught a faint rustling sound under the great windfall.

Peter scurried off to a safe distance, then turned and stared at that entrance. He half expected to see Mrs. Bear’s great head come poking out and he was ready to take to his heels. Instead a very small head and then another close beside it appeared.

Peter was so surprised he nearly fell over backward. Then in a flash it came to him that he knew Mrs. Bear’s secret. It was out at last. Yes, sir, it was out at last. Mrs. Bear had a family! Mrs. Bear and Buster Bear had twins!

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