"This is it. Why does a bear climb a tree? Why does he?"
"Lots of reasons," answered Russ.
"Well, you have to give one to answer my riddle," said Laddie. "Why does a bear climb a tree?"
"To get the hunter that climbed the tree first," said Daddy Bunker.
"Nope!" laughed Laddie.
"To get out of the way of the hunter," said Russ.
"Nope!" and Laddie laughed again.
"Does he climb it to go to sleep?" asked Rose.
"How could a bear go to sleep in a tree?" Laddie wanted to know. "I'll tell you the answer, 'cause you can't guess. A bear climbs a tree when the dogs bark at him, so he can throw bark at the dogs. Isn't that a good riddle? You know trees have bark."
"But you didn't say anything about dogs and bark at first!" objected Vi. "If you had said about the dogs I could have guessed."