Lord Byron lived in Cambridge with a bear

Lord Byron is the most eminent English poet of all time. Despite the lameness and pain, he had a reputation for extravagant man, manly, foreign to every convention and eccentric.

Byron loved animals. When he went to Cambridge, then I tried to bring and beloved dog, but what about the dogs at the university existed a strict ban specifically prescribed in the statute. Byron pleaded indulge in all his eloquence - to no avail. Having determined and a final rejection, Byron decided to restore justice in other ways. He bought somewhere bear and dragged him to Cambridge.

A few minutes later the university administration heard a wild scream, then struck a crowd of students rushing with bulging eyes and shouting "Bear! Bear! »

When Byron became accountable for this strange trick he deadpan tone asked to see the rule according to which the territory is forbidden Cambridge lead the bear. No such rules in the statute was not found, and the management had to agree with the legality of the bear in the university. Perhaps afraid that the next day Byron will be a tiger.

So he lived with his tame bear all his student years. And then in addition, he tried to defend the right of "well-intentioned and honest bear to be educated in the best college free England." But with the formation at the clumsy went wrong, and soon the bear Byron left the walls of Cambridge to the great joy of the administration.

via factroom.ru