[Illustration: “Bump—Slide—Splash!—and he plunged beneath the surface of the icy lake.” —Page 3 ] THE ADVENTURES OF Twinkly Eyes THE LITTLE BLACK BEAR By ALLEN CHAFFEE Author of TALES OF THE TIMID, Little Stories of the Lives and Habits of the Wild, Told for Children and Their Elders. Illustrated by PETER DARU 1919 MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS _Copyright 1919_ By MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY Springfield, Massachusetts _All Rights Reserved_ Bradley Quality Books _for_ Children INTRODUCTION These little stories, which are intended both for children and their elders, are really true to natural science. Disguised in fiction form, the reader gets a taste of biology, botany, zoology, and meteorology. Such a taste may or may not lead the child to further study along those lines, but it will certainly give him a heightened appreciation of out-door life. Incidentally, he will have accumulated in the easiest possible way a great many facts that he will retain all his life. The tales should also create a kindlier attitude toward our friends in fur and feathers, as well as instilling some of the stern virtues of the wilderness. That these tales may be suitable for bedtime reading, no animal hero is ever killed. The big words are explained, and the adventure of each chapter harks back to the preceding in a way to refresh the memory of the reader who only takes time for a chapter an evening. On the other hand, my readers have thus far included a large proportion of quite grown-up little boys. ALLEN CHAFFEE. To HOWARD FOLSOM BROCK whose great heart had in it a corner for even the furred and feathered folk. INDEX