My dear Mary / of course I'm a bear still / one can't change one's fur. didn't / want to - such pretty / letter you sent me - / nothing to say 'bout all "that" - / only very happy if friends / pleased - long letter from / Clouds, from that holy one - / seemed very long letter but / wasn't really - written in / such vehemence that sometimes / one little word took up / all the line / and that wasn't fair - but a / short letter / And Georgie's going there on Monday / and shall I really see you on / Wednesday? at the Spider haunt? / Can't bear spiders, but they / can't help it - only, bristles / on legs of anybody isn't nice - / and spiders seem to like it - still a magic lantern is a / magic lantern / and yet why spiders.? / will NOT be taught any / lesson by their lives, I won't, / but I will try & sit by you / and sustain you if you / [caricature of spider] / are frightened - 'cos am a / champion - tried & proved now. / wish I hadn't drawn / that spider. / Your loving 'ffectionate / Bear. / old bear now - ? a / little - bald patches in / fur.