“I think I prefer to be a Bear," said Big Bru. "I was born a Bear, and I know a Bear's ways. So I am satisfied to live as a Bear lives.”

The Magic of Oz (1919), Ch. 8 : The Li-Mon-Eags Make Trouble
Later Oz novels

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Children's writer, editor, journalist, screenwriter 1856–1919

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