“And now, I suppose,” thought Dido, “I will have some more adventures, and they may be put into a book, as Tum Tum’s were.”

[Dido, the dancing bear and Tum Tum, the jolly elephant.]


[CHAPTER VII]
DIDO MEETS DON

Dido, the dancing bear, looked about him as he stepped down out of the railroad car. The train had stopped at a small country station, and when some men and boys, who were waiting on the platform, saw the bear they crowded up close to have a better look at him.

“Say, he’s a big fellow!” said one boy, not coming too close.

“Will he bite?” asked another.