And so he wriggled, and twisted, and got into the den, and got away
back in the back part, and he found a hole, and it was just large
enough for his head and his long neck. He stuck his head farther and
farther into the hole, and stayed there so long that the little Cub
Bear was afraid something was wrong, so, he and the monkey took hold of
the giraffe's tail and pulled just as hard as they could.
The giraffe finally pulled his head out of the hole, and the Cub Bear
said, "What did you see?"
And the giraffe said, "I found it very dark, and I had to keep my head
in a long time so that my eyes would get used to the darkness, but I
could see that there was a large room--a large cave back of this cave.
I couldn't see the end of it at all. I think if we could only get into
this room, we would have a place large enough for all the animals in
the circus, if they wanted to come here to live."
And the little Cub Bear said, "My! Wouldn't that be nice? I wonder, if
all the animals would help, if we couldn't break down the rock and get
into this room?"
That night, after all the animals had done all they could to get things
to eat and to make the cave large enough, the lion and some of the
other animals came into the cave. The giraffe was still out trying to
get enough leaves to eat, and the elephant was eating the last of the
baled hay that had been brought from the train wreck.
"Papa, please tell me another story about the
'Little-Club-Foot-Bear-that-would-not-mind-his-papa'." The Papa Bear
sighed a great sigh, because he was very tired, but he wanted to please
the little fellow so he told the story of: