Old Mother Bear replied:
“Bright Eyes does not mean to tease,
But never says, ‘Thank you, or if you please’.”
Old Mother Bear began to growl, and growl, and growl, and finally she said, “How can I have a Happy New Year when Boxer is always late to school, and Drowsy-Head never wants to go to bed, and Bruin leaves his things around, and Bright Eyes is always impolite?”
Fairy See-It-All had a wee little carriage that ran by itself, and in the twinkling of an eye she tucked in those four naughty little Bears and they rode away, away, away until they came to a wee little house in the woods on New Year’s Eve.
She said to Boxer:
“You can’t get out however you climb,
Unless you learn to be on time.”
Then for one whole year Boxer had to practice being on time to breakfast, dinner and supper, and he said:
“On time to-day, on time to-morrow