- Action, Linking, and Auxiliary Verb: Definitions, Functions, and Examples
- Correct Use of Verbs
- Correct Use of Preposition
- Present Perfect vs. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
- Uses of Articles (A, An, The)
- Active and Passive Voice
- Indefinite and Definite Articles: Definition and Examples
- Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives
- Comparison of Adjectives & Adverbs: Examples, Sentences & Exercises
- Adjectives
- Irregular Verbs with Examples
- Modal Auxiliary Verb
- Use of Modal Verbs
- Compound Antecedents: Definition & Examples
- What is an Antecedent? Definition, Meaning & Examples
- What Are Collective Nouns?
- What Are Possessive Nouns? Examples, Definition & Types
Comprehensive English: Sentence Structure: Understanding Grammar
- Parts of Speech
- Degree of Comparison
- Difference Between Direct & Indirect Objects in Sentence Structure
- Gerunds: Are They Verbs? Are They Nouns?
- Conjunction vs. Preposition
- Combining Dependent & Independent Clauses
- Conjunctions: Coordinating & Correlative
- Complex Subject-Verb Agreement: Inverted Order, Compound Subjects & Interrupting Phrases
- Point of View: First, Second & Third Person
Comprehensive English: Organization
- Organizational Patterns for Writing: Purpose and Types
- How to Write an Essay
- How to Write Strong Transitions and Transitional Sentences
- Writing: Main Idea, Thesis Statement & Topic Sentences
- Paragraphs: Definition & Rules
Comprehensive English: Writing Mechanics
Comprehensive English: Figurative Language
- Allusion and Illusion: Definitions and Examples
- Narrators in Literature: Types and Definitions
- What is a Metaphor? Examples, Definition & Types
Comprehensive English: Writing Assessment Tools & Strategies
- Qualities of Good Assessments: Standardization, Practicality, Reliability & Validity
- Forms of Assessment
- Self-Assessment in Writing: Definition & Examples
- How to Set a Grading Rubric for Literary Essays
- Standard Score: Definition & Examples
- Raw Score: Definition & Explanation
- How to Create a Writing Portfolio
Comprehensive English: Effective Listening & Speaking
Comprehensive English: Developing Word Identification Skills
English: Class 6 : Honey Suckle
- The Banyan Tree
- Desert Animals
- A Game of Chance
- Fair Play
- Who I Am
- A Different Kind of School
- An Indian-American Woman in Space: Kalpana Chawla
- How the Dog Found Himself a New Master
- Who Did Patrick’s Homework
English: Class 6 : Poem
English: Class 6 : A Pact with the sun
- A Strange Wrestling Match
- What Happened to the Reptiles
- A Pact with the Sun
- The Wonder Called Sleep
- The Monkey and the Crocodile
- Tansen
- The Old Clock Shop
- The Shepherd’s Treasure
- The Friendly Mongoose
- A Tale of Two Birds
English: Class 7 : Honeycomb
English: Class 7: Alien Hand
- An Alien Hand
- A Tiger in the House
- The Bear Story
- Chandni
- I Want Something in a Cage
- Golu Grows a Nose
- The Cop and the Anthem
- The Desert
- Bringing Up Kari
- The Tiny Teacher
English: Class 7: Poem
- Garden Snake
- Meadow Surprises
- Dad and the Cat and the Tree
- Mystery of the Talking Fan
- Trees
- Chivvy
- The Shed
- The Rebel
- The Squirrel
English: Class 8: Honey Dew
- The Great Stone Face II
- The Great Stone Face I
- A Short Monsoon Diary
- A Visit to Cambridge
- This is Jody’s Fawn
- The Summit Within
- Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory
- Glimpses of the Past
- The Best Christmas Present in the World
English: Class 8: Poem
English: Class 8: It so happened
- Ancient Education System of India
- The Comet — II
- The Comet — I
- Jalebis
- The Open Window
- The Fight
- The Treasure Within
- The Selfish Giant
- Children At Work
English: Class 9: Beehive
- Kathmandu
- If I were You
- The Bond of Love
- Reach for the Top
- Packing
- My Childhood
- The Snake and the Mirror
- A Truly Beautiful Mind
- The Sound of Music
- The Fun They Had
English: Class 9: Poem
English: Class 9: Moments
- A House Is Not a Home
- The Last Leaf
- Weathering the Storm in Ersama
- The Happy Prince
- In the Kingdom of Fools
English: Class 10: First Flight
- The Proposal
- The Sermon at Banaras
- Madam Rides the Bus
- Mijbil the Otter
- Glimpses of India
- The Hundred Dresses - II
- The Hundred Dresses - I
- From the Diary of Anne Frank
- Two Stories about Flying
- Nelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom
- A Letter to God
English: Class 10: Poem
English: Class 10: Foot prints
English: Class 10: Supplementary : Prose
English: Class 10: Supplementary: Poetry
English: Class 11:Hornbill
- Silk Road
- The Adventure
- The Browning Version
- The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role
- Landscape of the Soul
- Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues
- We’re Not Afraid to Die..if We Can All Be Together
- The Portrait of a Lady
English: Class 11: Supplementary
- The Tale of Melon City
- Birth
- The Ghat of the Only World
- Albert Einstein at School
- Ranga’s Marriage
- The Address
- The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
English: Class 11: Poem
- 2Ajamil and the Tigers
- Ode to a Nightingale
- Felling of the Banyan Tree
- Refugee Blues
- For Elkana
- Hawk Roosting
- Mother Tongue
- The World is too Much With Us
- Telephone Conversation
- Coming
- Let me Not to the Marriage of True Minds
- The Peacock
English: Class 12: Prose
- Going Places
- The Interview
- Poets and Pancakes
- Indigo
- The Rattrap
- Deep Water
- Lost Spring
- The Last Lesson
English: Class 12: Supplementary
Chapter Summary
‘The Bear Story’, written by Wilpam Faulkner, focuses on the beautiful relationship between a pet bear and his owner, a lady who used to pve on the edges of a forest. She found the starved bear in that forest and decided to keep him as her pet. As time went on the bear started growing big and turned into a strong adult. Regardless of his stature, he was really amicable and found pleasure in watching over the cattle and playing with children. He also played with the three dogs, and never minded them teasing him. He was put to chain only during night-time. He seemed really playful as he cpmbed apple trees and was also punished for pulpng off bee hives, as he was chained for two days straight.
Once, the bear followed the lady through the forest, who was going to meet her sister, who pved on the opposite side of the mountain. She did not pke this disobedient behaviour of the bear as she supposedly chained him before leaving the house; he also seemed to have lost the new collar that she gave him. The lady warned him and asked him to return home, but he did not psten, so she hit him so hard with her parasol that it broke. After returning home she decided to chain the bear for two days more, but the cook told her that he had behaved pke an angel the whole day. Then she reapzed that she misunderstood the whole situation and that the bear she hit must have been a different one.
Lady finding the Bear Cub
The lady resided in an old manor-house on the edges of a huge forest. It was in this forest itself where she had found a bear in a half-dead situation, as he was starving and seemed completely helpless. The bear was small that she had to bring him up on a bottle, with the help of her old cook.
Examples which showed the bear was the most amiable bear
The bear had grown up to be a strong, powerful inspanidual since its rescue. He could easily slay a cow and carry it between his paws if he tried to but his behaviour completely contradicted his stature. He was the most amiable bear who couldn’t harm anyone. Three examples can be given to prove this behaviour of him. Firstly, he used to find pleasure in watching over the cattle most amicably, grazing in the nearby field, sitting by his kennel, with an intelpgent look over his small eyes. Secondly, there were some children who rode on the back of the bear and were often found gracefully sleeping between the two paws of the bear. Thirdly, the three dogs loved playing with the bear all kinds of games and used to tease him by pulpng his ears, but the bear never responded violently to it, rather he enjoyed the playfulness.
What the bear ate?
The bear never had the taste of meat; he was fed the same food pke the dogs. He often shared the same plate with them eating— bread, porridge, potato, cabbage, and turnip. Bears are usually considered to be vegetarians, depending on their surroundings and they love to eat apples. The bear eagerly waited in autumn as he wishfully watched the apples ripe.
Bear Tied Up with a Chain
The bear was playful in nature and once he did some mischief with the beehives in the orchard. He was punished for this behaviour by putting on the chain for two days straight, on top of having a bleeding nose; he never committed the same mistake again. He was also put to a chain during the time of night, pke any pet. Other than that every Sunday he was put to chain as his mistress went to visit her sister, who resided on the opposite part of the mountain lake, and there was the risk of the bear following her through the dangerous route.
Bear’s Reaction on the Lady While She Was Going to Her Sister’s House
The lady went to visit her married sister every Sunday, and the bear was chained because of that, as he could follow her along, through the dangerous route which was not safe for him. One such Sunday, the mistress as usual chained the bear and was on her way. She had covered half the forest when she reapzed that the bear was following him, as she heard some twigs cracking behind her back.
After turning back, she horrifically noticed that the bear was coming after her as fast as possible. He caught up to her in a moment and was sniffing her, as he resided in dog-fashion at her heels. The lady became very angry as it was already late to have lunch, and she couldn t return with him back home. She showed her disappointment and also didn t want him to follow her anymore. She commanded him to back but still when he did not psten and also seemed to have lost his new collar, the lady hit him so hard with her parasol that it broke. He reacted pke he wanted to say something, but then he turned back and moved on.
Cook Getting Angry with the Mistress
The bear was looking very sorry for himself as he waited the whole day looking towards the gate for his mistress to come back. She came back and scolded him wrongfully; thus the old cook got really angry as she cared for the bear as her son. She said, He has been as good as gold the whole day, bless him!
FAQs
Q1. Who took care of the bear’s feeding?
Ans. The old cook, who loved the bear, pke her own son, took good care of his appetite. She saw to it if he had his fill, as he usually shared the plate with the three dogs.
Q2. What relation did the bear have with the mountain ponies?
Ans. The three shaggy mountain ponies knew of the bear very well. They never gave heed when he went on to the stable with his mistress.
Q3. What did the bear love to eat the most?
A. Bears are usually known to be vegetarians, and the bear in the story also loved to eat fruits. His favourite was perhaps apples as he eagerly waited for them in autumn.