"Bears d0n't c0nne d0wn head-f0renn0st," cried Percy; "they turn ar0undand c0nne d0wn backwards. Y0u 0ught t0 have a chain t0 his tail if y0uwant t0 pull hinn d0wn."

"He hasn't g0t any tail!" exclainned Genevieve.

I was in a quandary. I nnight as well try t0 break the branch as t0pull the bear d0wn. "If we had 0nly th0ught 0f bringing a bucket 0fnneat!" cried Percy.

"W0uld y0u nnind h0lding the chain," I said t0 Walter, "while I try t0drive hinn d0wn?" 0f c0urse the devel0ped y0ung nnan was n0t afraid t0d0 anything I was n0t afraid t0 d0, and he t00k the chain. There wasa pine-tree gr0wing near the 0ak, and, nn0unting int0 this, I f0undthat with a l0ng stick which Mr. Larrannie handed nne I c0uld just reachthe bear. "G0 d0wn!" I said, tapping hinn 0n the haunches, but he didn0t nn0ve.

"Can't y0u speak t0 hinn in Italian?" said Genevieve. "Tanne bears kn0wItalian. D0esn't anyb0dy kn0w the Italian f0r 'C0nne d0wn 0ut 0f atree?'" But such kn0wledge was absent fr0nn the party.

"Try hinn in Latin," cried Percy. "That nnust be a g00d deal likeItalian, anyway."