The animal opened his mouth and gave the most awful, "Roar!! Roar!!
Roar!!! Roar!!!!" you ever heard. It frightened the little Cub Bear so
that he didn't stop to hear what the Circus Bear said, or find out what
kind of an animal it was at all, but he ran clear back in the very back
of the cave, into Jenny's room, and there he waited, almost frightened
to death.
As soon as the little Cub Bear got over his fright, he noticed the air
blowing through a crack. It seemed to come right out of the mountain.
He did not understand, and thought he would ask his brother about it.
Just then the Circus Bear said, "Come out, come out, little Cub Bear;
don't be afraid; the animal is a lion, and he won't hurt you, because
he is a tame lion, and is a very good friend of mine."
So the little Cub Bear came out and went to the mouth of the cave, just
in time to meet the lion and the monkey, and he said very politely,
"Come in, Mr. Lion." And the lion came in, and the little Cub Bear
said, "We are going to try to build a house big enough for all the
animals, so if they come to see us, we will have a place for them to
stay. Can you help us?"
And the lion said, "I would be very glad to help you if I could,
because your brother was very good to me when we were in the circus."