The Bear and the Gardener in this case keeping the flies off a friend, and the ultimate good of safeguarding his welfare. The story gained currency in England from the 18th century on through translations or imitations of La Fontaine. One of its earliest appearances was in Robert Dodsley's "Select fables of Esop and other fabulists" (1764), where it is given the title "The Hermit and the Bear" and a milder ending. In this version a hermit has done the bear a good turn; later still this was identified with taking a thorn from its paw, drawing on the story of Androcles and the Lion.
Gregory Paw Paw moved to Philadelphia. Paw prosecuted political corruption and narcotics cases, including the prosecution of the Majority Leader of the Pennsylvania Senate who hid payments from a business while sponsoring legislation to benefit that business. Paw also prosecuted a Philadelphia Police Department officer who warned a large drug group of pending police raids, and as well as prosecuted a probation officer who extorted bribes from probationers. In 2003, Paw was named by American Lawyer magazine as one of eleven rising stars among federal prosecutors nationwide. In 2005, Paw was named Deputy United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania,