Native American Legends
The man in the stump
A Cherokee Legend
A man who had a field of growing corn went out one day to see how
it was ripening and climbed a tall stump to get a better view. The
stump was hollow and a bear had a nest of cubs in the bottom.
The man slipped and fell down upon the cubs, which set up such
a squealing that the old she-bear heard them and came climbing down
into the stump tail first, in bear fashion, to see what was the
matter.
The man caught hold of her by the hind legs and the old bear was
so frightened that she at once climbed out again, dragging the man,
who thus got out of the stump, when the bear ran away.
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