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The lesson "A Bond of Love" by Kenneth Anderson, is based on a real-life incident, where the author shares his own experience of having a . He initially comes across the bear cub when its mother was shot in a field which was already attacked by . The author gifts the cub to his wife, who takes care of him and names him . He is later named , a more Hindustani name, also meaning small boy. Initially, he is young and is not a threat to anyone. He eats everything that he can lay his hands on. He even has a narrow escape after eating poisonous    and drinking engine oil.

 

 

As he grows up, he is given to the   in , because he was a threat to the neighbours. But the author's wife gets  and is not satisfied with letters from the . She visits the zoo and finds that the bear is also in a worried state and has not forgotten her. She requests the  to give him back, to which he agrees.

 

 

They make a small  in the author's home, with his old toys. The author's wife visits him and spends quality time with him. The author says that the bear has a good  of people who showered love on him, thus proving that even wild animals can be tamed and are capable of  love.