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the bullying Lumpjaw. The ending makes Bongo more heroic by defeating Lumpjaw and living his life in the woods with Lulubelle. The other bears that inhabit the area are also turned from black bears into brown bears, and instead of shunning Bongo, they find his courtship with Lulubelle delightful and ultimately celebrate his victory over Lumpjaw.
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For the next year, Bongo attempts to befriend the wild bears, who find his civilized behavior annoying and continuously shun him. After he learns to hunt wild animals and defend himself, he is still too peaceful for wild bear approval, and his attempts to mate with the she-bear Silver Ear lead him to
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Major differences include having Bongo purposefully escape his confines due to his mistreatment in the circus and desire to feel free. The character of Silver Ear and the civilized female bear at the end are combined into a new character named "Lulubelle" who immediately falls for Bongo and rejects
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A brokenhearted Bongo leaves the clearing and travels west, where he comes across the town of Conquistadore. It is hosting another circus, which immediately attracts Bongo. Heedless of the citizens' panic, he rushes into the big top and prostrates himself before the ringmaster. Recognizing an
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trained to do acrobatics and other tricks mimicking humans, is content with his life as the star and main breadwinner of a circus teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. When the
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already-trained bear, the circus accepts him once again into a lap of luxury, with its other bear – a similarly civilized and pacifistic female – as his mate.
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fail dismally in competing for her affection with a surly, violent he-bear named Lump Jaw. After his first
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sidetracked those plans until 1947. Disney adapted the story as part of its feature
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Works originally published in Cosmopolitan (magazine)
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Short story
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Cosmopolitan
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Josep Segrelles
Kamchatka brown bear
circus train
Rocky Mountains
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Fun and Fancy Free
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Cosmopolitan Volume 89, Issue 3, September 1930

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