Humans and bears - Wild encounters

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The Grizzly Bear... Ben, after never known the world under any other guise, accepted it frankly as he found it. He not only did not have to unlearn the habits of the savage, but seems never to have developed them, at least not toward his master ( James Capen Adams ). He was never chained, slept for the most part in Adam's company, and when at last the ultimate test of allegiance was unexpectedly presented to him, he took sides unhesitatingly with his adopted master against his own relations. Adams, while accompanied by Ben Franklin, was attacked by a wounded grizzly. Ben instantly joined in the fight, and, though himself badly bitten, saved his master's life. From that time on he was the apple of Adam's eye, his inseparable companion, and of all living beings on earth the best beloved.  Reply