[1] Bongo, a young Kamchatka brown bear trained to do acrobatics and other tricks mimicking humans, is content with his life as the star and main breadwinner of a circus teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.
When the circus train attempts a journey through the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, an accident jars Bongo's cage loose.
For the next year, Bongo attempts to befriend the wild bears, who find his civilized behavior annoying and continuously shun him.
Disney adapted the story as part of its feature Fun and Fancy Free and is narrated by Dinah Shore.
Major differences include having Bongo purposefully escape his confines due to his mistreatment in the circus and desire to feel free.