Then the cookie dog jumped into a hole in a hollow tree, and though Curly-Tail stood and coaxed for an hour he would not come out.

When Curly-Tail got back he found Daddy Do-Little nodding by the fire.

It Jumped Suddenly Out of the Pan

Just as he remarked that he thought they would see the cookie dog no more, “rap-a-tap,” was heard at the window-pane, and there stood the cookie dog singing,

“I really wonder how you are,

May I sleep to-night in your cookie jar?”

Curly-Tail opened the window and the cookie dog jumped into the cookie jar and fell asleep.