"This isn't a Teddy Bear," explained Arthur. "He's a Plush Bear, and he can move his head and his paws and he can growl."
"Let's hear him!" begged the red-haired boy.
So Arthur wound up the spring, and, surely enough, the toy did all those things.
"Oh, he's a dandy!" cried the red-haired lad. "If you let me play with him, I'll let you take my airship that flies."
"We'll take turns playing with them," said Arthur, and then began a happy time for the children. Some little girls came over to play with Nettie, and they had lots of fun on the sand.
After a while Arthur happened to think of what he had said he was going to do—dig a sand cave for his Bear.
"We'll make a big one," he said to the red-haired lad. "We'll dig a big hole."
"With clam shells!" cried the other lad, and, putting aside the Plush Bear and the airship, the two little friends began to make a large hole in the sand. When it was finished the Plush Bear was put down in it, and some sticks were stuck up in front.
"We'll make believe the sticks are the bars of his cage," said Arthur. "We'll pretend he's a circus Bear."
"Oh, yes," agreed the red-haired boy. "That's lots of fun."