"Who will make your garden?" asked Doctor Cotton-Tail, looking at Bunny and Susan.
Bunny and Susan said, "We do not know, we are too old and stiff to make a garden."
"You will miss the turnips and cabbages," said Doctor Cotton-Tail.
Then he added,
"I came in a wagon, and as the Seventeen Little Bears are quite well,
I can take them home."
Then the Seventeen Little Bears began to weep loud and long. They wept into their seventeen little pocket handkerchiefs.
Bunny and Susan said, "Never mind, dears, you can come to visit us again."
Soon the Seventeen Little Bears were tucked safely into the wagon and
Doctor Cotton-Tail took them home.
"Bless my buttons," said Susan, "you did not finish your story Grandpa
Grumbles."
"My fur and whiskers," said Bunny, "I should like to visit your Toy
Shop!"
Grandpa Grumbles said,