“What’s that?” asked Buddie.
“A bachelor,” replied the Donkey, “is a person who lives in a den and doesn’t have to worry about anybody except himself.”
“Are you a bachelor, too?” Buddie asked.
“No,” sighed the Donkey.
“That’s funny,” Buddie thought. “One is sorry because he is, and the other because he isn’t. Then there isn’t any Middle Bear and Little Small Wee Bear?” she said aloud, a little disappointed.
“Evidently not,” said the Donkey.
“Only the Great Hooge Bear?”
“I MEAN I CAN’T SLEEP”
“I’m not so fat as I was before I got insomania,” said the Bear.