"Oh!" said Billy, "they're very funny, aren't they?"
"Not a bit funny," said Big Bug Bear, "and if you had to listen to their bands all night, you wouldn't think so either."
"What kind of bands?" asked Billy.
The Hat Tree.
"Hat bands of course—they're brimful of horrid noises."
"Oh!" said Billy, and relapsed into silence.
By this time they had walked quite a distance, and though Billy had kept his eyes open for a chance to escape, one or another of the bears had hold of his arm all of the time.
"I suppose you know why we have captured you?" said Big Bug Bear, finally.
"Because you don't want me to find Bogie Man, I expect," said Billy.