The Seventeen Little Bears all came crowding around Susan to see what was the matter.
Susan still rocked to and fro and said, "Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!"
Bunny said, "Will you never tell us what is the matter?" Susan said finally,
"I have some pride, but thought to ride,
In the merry-go-round, above the ground."
Then the Seventeen Little Bears all turned somersaults at once, and Susan cried, "Stop them, stop them, or they will break their little bones."
Then the most surprising thing happened!
The Seventeen Little Bears made a low bow and said,
"In the merry-go-round we'll go,
Laughing gayly, ha, ha, ho, ho!"
They ran out the back door and Bunny and Susan went after them. There stood a neat little merry-go-round, as fine as you please.
"Where?" and "How?" and "Why?" and "Please tell us about it," said
Bunny and Susan.