And I am but a bear. Why don’t you go
To bed like other folks, I’d like to know?
Summer is long enough to keep awake—
Winter’s the time when honest people take
Their three months’ sleep.
Mr. Sparrow: That settles me! I fly!
Dear Mr. Owl and Mr. Bear, good-by! [Exit.
Mr. Owl:
I must go too, to find another wood.
Every one’s mad in this queer neighborhood!