'Where did you get them?' asked Baby Jane, fixing her round grey eyes severely upon him.
The Bear looked up at the sky and began whistling, pretending not to hear, but his ears grew very red.
'Where did you get them?' asked Baby Jane again.
Then the Bear gave up his pretence of deafness and blurted out his excuses.
'Well, he would talk German, and you cannot believe how fat he was!'
'But even then you should not have eaten him,' said Baby Jane, guessing the part of the story that he had left untold.
The Bear looked very crestfallen, and tender-hearted Baby Jane felt so sorry to have had to spoil his pleasure, that she changed the subject altogether.
'Shall I teach you how to dance?' she said sweetly. 'It's great fun.'
The Bear was quite delighted with the idea, and wanted to begin at once, but Baby Jane said she would collect a little class before she began.
'Come along!' said the Bear excitedly; 'I know some more. Jump on my back!'