They did so, and in less time than it takes to tell it they were
sailing away with Grandpa Grumbles in his green cotton umbrella!
[Illustration: "THEY WERE SAILING AWAY WITH GRANDPA GRUMBLES"]
Bunny and Susan said, "How will he ever get along with Snubby Nose for
a year and a day? We wish Tippy Toes was back. He was such a good
little fellow."
Susan picked up the pink wrapper and Bunny picked up the pink cup and
saucer. Bunny Cotton-Tail said, "We will have a long quiet evening
alone."
"Don't be too sure of that," sang the wind as it whistled down the
chimney.
Susan said, "I will put on my new spectacles and we will read by the
new lamp."
_Then the most surprising thing happened!_
The Seventeen Little Bears came tumbling in the doors and windows!
They came in laughing and shouting,
"The Circus Cotton-Tails you see
Are just as funny as can be."
They got out their seventeen little stools and sat by the fire.
Bunny and Susan said, "What do you know about the Circus Cotton-Tails?"
The Seventeen Little Bears said,
"You only see them now at Fairs,
But we've become the Circus Bears."
"Have you got a Circus tent? Have you got a merry-go-round?" asked
Bunny and Susan. "Do tell us how long you have been Circus Bears."
The Seventeen Little Bears got on top of their seventeen little stools
and shouted, "We have just become Circus Bears today, that is the
reason we came tumbling in the door and windows.
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