“You are too heavy for us.” So he called to a
little porcupine who was watching the fun. “Get
on, Prickly, and help us balance old Fatty.” So
Prickly crawled up, and they just: balanced the old

fellow. Then they had the greatest fun, now up,

 

now down, until at last they got dizzy and tired too.
Then they thought they would play a trick on the
old bear, so the three little fellows all jumped cff
together, letting old Fatty down rather suddenly.
But he was such a good-natured fellow that he did