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In this story, a little boy is visiting his aunt in the country.

Tommy has lived in the city all his life and has never seen any birds or wild animals other than pigeons and sparrows.

Tommy loves to roam around in the woods close to his aunt's house and hopes to see a wild animal.

When he hears his uncle and his friends talking about a bear,

Tommy is very excited.

Will he be able to see a bear?

Tommy Frost sees a bear.

Tommy Frost was making his first visit to the country.

He was enjoying it very much. He liked to roam about in the woods close by the house of his aunt, Mrs. Drew.

Tommy had never even seen any birds before this except pigeons and sparrows.

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