He called out, “Get dressed, you little rascals! Get dressed, every one of you!”
Then Freddie cried, “I can’t find my collar,” and Teddie cried, “I can’t find my neck-tie,” and Humpty Dumpty cried, “Do, please, help me, somebody!”
All the time Grandpa Grimes sat chuckling softly to himself.
At last, the Roly-Poly family were all dressed and down-stairs.
Then the children shouted, “What have you in your bundles, Grandpa? what have you in your bundles? Please let us see!”
“Not a peep into the bundles,” said Grandpa, “until every one has finished his oatmeal.”
All the little Roly-Polys sat down and ate their oatmeal.
Papa Roly-Poly said, “No one has come to buy our house.”