Then Mama said, “Run off to bed. We will tell you about our travels to-morrow.”
Freddie woke up in the night. He called to Teddie and said:
“I forgot to ask what Humpty Dumpty was crying about on the way to town!”
Then Humpty Dumpty woke up and said, “I cried because a girl said I looked just like an egg!”
“The very idea!” said Freddie.
“The very idea!” said Teddie.
Then they all rolled over and went to sleep.
Humpty Dumpty had a wonderful dream about a little lame prince. He remembered the dream next morning and told it to the family at breakfast.
Grandpa Grimes said, “You are going to be as good a story-teller as I am, some day!”