A TREASURY OF STORIES, JINGLES AND RHYMES,

out /” Then the three Bears looked very grave, and they
went up-stairs to their bedroom. The big Bear found his
bed all tossed, so he roared: “SOMEONE HAS BEEN
LYING IN MY BED!” SomeEonE HAS BEEN LYING IN
MY BED, TOO!” said the middling-sized Bear. Then the
little bear squeaked in his wee voice: ‘Someone has been
lying in my bed, and here shezs/” And they all three col-
lected round Silver-locks, who was gazing at them in terror,
for when she heard the voice of the big Bear she thought
it was thunder in her dreams. When the second Bear had
spoken she had not noticed him at all because his voice
was quite an ordinary voice, but when she heard the little
Bear squeaking, she had waked immediately. Suddenly
she jumped off the bed, and: leaped out of the open window,
and fled away into the wood.

“WELL, SHE MIGHT HAVE TOLD US HER
NAME,” roared the big Bear.

‘CERTAINLY,’ said the middling-sized Bear.

“ Certaznly,” squeaked the little wee Bear.

But little Silver-locks was never seen or heard of any
more,

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