“Growling and thunder, who is there?
Is it a doggie? Is it a bear?”
Curly-Tail replied in a terrible voice,
“Growling and thunder I’m hearty and hale
And my name, if you please, Sir, is Curly-Tail.”
Old Sly Foot was so surprised to see his visitor when he came out of the den that he had not a word to say, so Curly-Tail continued,
“Your doughnut jar I’ve come to borrow
Either to-day, or else to-morrow.”
Old Sly Foot was so upset at the mention of the stolen doughnut jar that he turned a backward somersault in the snow crying,