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.