Creighton University

These cards come from the series I have called “German English.”  We have five in the series, including “The Trick Bear and the Keeper.”  The situation here is different from, I believe, the traditional telling.  There the bear and gardener befriend each other.  Here one is a circus performer and the other is his trained animal.  Apparently the trained animal liked his trainer but lacked an important part of his training!  Heavy glass covering the pair inside a heavy wooden frame.  The left card is oddly positioned up against the edge of the visible field.  Perhaps the two cards got anchored before the framer finished the job.