| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Teddy Bears Arrive | [7] |
| II. | Which Introduces Sally | [15] |
| III. | In Which the Teddy Bear Finds a Name | [21] |
| IV. | Enter Bob | [28] |
| V. | A Trip to the Farm | [34] |
| VI. | Bedelia Amuses Herself | [41] |
| VII. | “A Valley So Sweet” | [49] |
| VIII. | Home Again | [56] |
| IX. | The Teddy Bears Pay a Visit to Bob and do Some Other Things | [63] |
| X. | John Takes a Tumble | [71] |
| XI. | Peter Pan Gains a New Idea | [78] |
| XII. | They Visit the Kitchen | [85] |
| XIII. | Peter Pan Uses the Telephone | [93] |
| XIV. | The Teddy Bears at the Cleaner’s | [101] |
| XV. | A Ball in the Nursery | [108] |
| XVI. | The Twins Abscond | [115] |
| XVII. | Bedelia Takes a Sea Voyage | [123] |
| XVIII. | Bedelia Becomes Literary | [131] |
| XIX. | Hallowe’en | [140] |
| XX. | The Dream Child | [147] |
CHAPTER I.
The Teddy Bears Arrive.
THE crate in which the Teddy bears had journeyed from their birthplace in the factory to the big department store to which they were consigned had at last arrived at its final destination and was being unpacked, much to the delight of its occupants. For, as everybody who has ever travelled much knows, it is uncomfortable enough to journey packed so tightly in tissue paper and excelsior that one cannot move even as much as a whisker. But to make the whole trip standing on one’s head is infinitely worse. And this had really happened to several of the Teddy bears.
But at last all their troubles and discomforts had come to an end. Deft hands carefully unpacked them. Their coats were brushed until they shone, their limbs, which of necessity had become more or less cramped, were carefully straightened, and their heads tilted at the most approved angle.
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Some of them were dressed in delightful worsted sweaters and peaked toboggan caps, each having a long tassel that hung over at the side. And there were also the cutest woolen leggings to match.