Did Bunny and Susan tuck them up warm in bed? Well, I guess they did,
and Doctor Cotton-Tail gave them hoarhound candy.

Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes smacked their lips and said, "If we had
fallen in the water we could have had candy too."

Doctor Cotton-Tail said, "You cunning little things, you look as much
alike as two peas. You shall each have a stick of lemon candy."

Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes danced this way, and danced that way, and
said,

"Lemon candy is good to eat,
We always think it quite a treat."

Susan said, "Hush; be still. Don't wake the Seventeen Little Bears;
they are all asleep."



CHAPTER IX


The Seventeen Little Bears took cold when they fell through the ice
into the water, so they had to stay in bed all day. They cried, "Tell
us a story, please tell us a story."

Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes danced this way, and that way, before the
mirror and cried out together,