“Oh, no, never. What! a bear?” cried Flop Ear. “I’d be afraid!”
“Oh, you needn’t be afraid of him. He is a good, kind, dancing bear,” said the cat. “He lives in a cage in the circus, and when some bad boys chased me I ran under the circus tent and hid in the straw in Dido’s cage.”
“He must be a nice bear,” Flop Ear said.
“He is,” replied the black cat. “You’ll like him if you ever meet him.”
“I hope I shall meet him,” Flop Ear said.
The rabbit and the cat talked together a little longer.
“Where are you going?” finally asked Blackie.
“To get something to eat,” Flop Ear answered. “First I will go to the cabbage field, and then I may find some carrots. Did you ever eat carrots?”
“Never!” answered Blackie.
“What do you eat?” Flop Ear inquired.