"Have you got a Circus tent? Have you got a merry-go-round?" asked
Bunny and Susan. "Do tell us how long you have been Circus Bears."
The Seventeen Little Bears got on top of their seventeen little stools and shouted, "We have just become Circus Bears today, that is the reason we came tumbling in the door and windows."
CHAPTER VI
The Seventeen Little Bears woke up early next morning. They all whispered together so they would not wake Bunny and Susan.
The Seventeen Little Bears tiptoed very softly out of bed, and "pitter-patter, pitter-patter" went their little feet down the stairs.
"We can stew, we can bake,
If we make no mistake."
They made the fire and began to stew and bake. They made coffee and fried sausages and cakes. By and by Bunny and Susan woke up.
"My fur and whiskers, I smell something cooking," said Bunny.
Susan said, "Bless my buttons, I smell something cooking, too."
The Seventeen Little Bears said, "Ha, ha, ha! Bunny is talking about his fur and whiskers. Ha, ha, ha! Susan is talking about her buttons. We will give old Bunny and Susan something new to talk about!"