Bears are not companions of men,
xxxxbut children of God,
xxxxxxxxand His charity is broad enough for both.

Bears are made of the same dust as we,
xxxxand breathe the same winds and drink of the same waters.

A bear's days are warmed by the same sun,
xxxxhis dwellings are over domed by the same blue sky,
xxxxxxxxand his life turns and ebbs with heart-pulsings like ours

xxxxxxxxxxxxand was poured from the same fountain...