"Here! What are you going to do?" snarled the Noah's Ark Tiger.

Of course neither of these animals made very much noise, being quite
small, but they did the best they could.

"Come over by me, Mr. Nodding Donkey, if you are afraid!" called the
Elephant through his trunk. He was the largest animal in the Noah's Ark,
but even he was not as big as the Donkey. As for that nodding toy, he
reared back on his hind legs when he saw the strange animal, covered
with fur and with the big tail like a dustbrush, jump on the table. The
toy animals could move and talk among themselves now, as long as no
human being was in the room.

The furry animal stood on the table in the midst of the toys. He sat up
on his hind legs and seemed to be eating something that he held in his
forepaws.

"Are you a cat?" asked the Noah's Ark Camel, sort of making his two
humps shiver.

"No, I'm not a cat," was the answer. "I am a Chattering Squirrel, and I
am eating a nut. I live in a hollow tree just outside this house, and,
seeing a window open and all you toys on the table, I jumped in to see
what fun you were having."

"Oh, that's all right," said the Nodding Donkey politely. "We are glad
to see you. But even I was scared, at first. We were just talking among
ourselves while the lame boy is away. He was playing circus with us."

[Illustration: "We Are Glad to See You," Said the Nodding Donkey.