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Description
A boy buys an old World War I toy soldier and he and his two friends go playing in the woods when they come upon a bear. They flee the bear, but fall into an old mine shaft while the boy lost his toy soldier somewhere up top. The bear is startled away by the crack of a rifle shot and the boys think that it must be a hunter. They yell for help in escaping the shaft, but no one comes, however the gun continues to fire. Eventually, townspeople are annoyed enough to come check out the situation and rescue the boys but can find no hunter. When the boy and his two friends find his toy soldier, the soldier has a smile on his face and his rifle is smoking.