# Buster Bear — Green Forest Stories character guide

> Buster Bear in Green Forest Stories by Thornton W. Burgess.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Buster

**First appearance:** 0124-xv-the-twins-meet-their-father

## Snapshot

The cubs' imposing father, whose tracks alone are enough to send Boxer and Woof-Woof scrambling up a tree in fright.

## Who they are

Buster Bear looms over the twins' early world as a figure they meet before they understand him, chasing them up a tree and earning Woof-Woof's blunt disapproval. Mother Bear insists he is the handsomest Bear she has ever seen and that respect will come with knowing him better. His offstage presence shapes the cubs' disobedience, their fright, and the family's slow, prickly negotiation of what a father is.

## Relationships

### [Mother Bear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/mother_bear)

_social_

Buster Bear and Mother Bear are occasional rivals for food but avoid direct conflict.

### [Mother Bear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/mother_bear)

_social_

Buster Bear and Mother Bear are occasional rivals for food but avoid direct conflict.

## In the story

### [IV: The Spirit of Fear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/iv-the-spirit-of-fear)

Buster Bear is noted as one of the larger animals whose heart is also clutched by the Spirit of Fear.

### [Lightfoot Becomes Uncertain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/ix-lightfoot-becomes-uncertain)

Lightfoot catches a faint scent of Buster Bear, but it is old and not a current threat.

### [A Different Game of Hide and Seek](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/xxxiii-a-different-game-of-hide-and-seek)

Lightfoot almost runs into him and threatens to fight, but Buster grins good-naturedly.

### [The Great Fight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/xxxvii-the-great-fight)

Shuffles down the hill to watch from the other side of the pond.

### [Whitefoot Spends a Happy Winter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/i-whitefoot-spends-a-happy-winter)

Mentioned as one of Whitefoot's many enemies who would like to eat him.

### [XX: Whitefoot Makes Himself at Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/xx-whitefoot-makes-himself-at-home)

Mentioned as a possible future danger who might pull over the stub in the spring.

### [The Whitefoots Enjoy Their New Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/xxx-the-whitefoots-enjoy-their-new-home)

Buster Bear passes by the new home but shows no interest, mistaking it for an old nest, which reassures Whitefoot.

### [Buster Bear’s Twins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/buster-bear-s-twins)

Buster Bear is the father of the twin cubs, mentioned in the chapter title.

### [Mother Bear's Secret](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/i-mother-bear-s-secret)

Buster Bear is mentioned as the father of Mrs. Bear's twin cubs.

### [Peter Scares the Twins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/ii-peter-scares-the-twins)

Mentioned as the possible father of the cubs.

### [The Twins Meet Their Father](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/xv-the-twins-meet-their-father)

The father bear who steps out from behind a fallen tree; he and the cubs do not recognize each other.

### [The Twins Take to a Tree](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/xvi-the-twins-take-to-a-tree)

Fails to recognize his own cubs and considers them intruders, deciding to climb the tree to catch them.

### [Mother Comes to the Rescue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/xvii-mother-comes-to-the-rescue)

The bear who chases the cubs up the tree but drops and runs away when Mother Bear arrives.

### [The Twins Are Comforted](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/xviii-the-twins-are-comforted)

The father bear who frightened the cubs; flees when Mother Bear chases him, later revealed to be their father.

### [The Cubs Talk It Over](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/xix-the-cubs-talk-it-over)

Revealed as the father of Boxer and Woof-Woof; discussed but not present in the chapter.

### [Boxer Starts Out to Get Even](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/xxiv-boxer-starts-out-to-get-even)

Mentioned as Boxer's father, whom Boxer hopes to be as big as before returning home.

## Links

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