The hippopotamus said, "I don't eat meat. I eat grass like a horse, only the grass I eat I get way down under the water."
The little Cub Bear said, "Then you will find plenty to eat down in the lake."
And the hippopotamus went away to the lake, where he got acquainted with the beaver, and planned to live there as long as the animals were living in the forest.
THE MONKEY'S STORY OF HIS MOST NARROW ESCAPE
The next evening the Cub Bear and all the animals were sitting in the cave, just before the little Cub Bear was to go to bed, and the little Cub Bear teased his papa for a story, but his papa said he was too tired to tell a story, for he had hunted all day, trying to find a honey tree, and had not found one. The little Cub Bear kept on teasing for a story, but his papa said he was so tired he could not think of a story to tell.
Then the monkey said, "I will tell you a story, little Cub Bear, if you wish me to."
And the Cub Bear said, "Yes, tell me a story of your most narrow escape from death."
"Well," said the monkey, "I once belonged to a man who owned a drug store, in a large city. He had another monkey, named Jim, and a parrot. The parrot was a large, green bird, and he had learned to talk like a man. He could say, 'Good-by,' 'Good-day,' 'Good-night,' 'Polly wants a cracker,' and 'See what you did.'