invited them to stay the night. Imagine staying all night in the Bears' House - but they all felt quite friendly at this time, and no one mentioned either cabbages or bananas, nor did anyone ask the bears where they got their excellent food (the bears were generally supposed not to pay for anything, but to get it by 'prowling' - in fact they were rascals, though they could be very jolly at supper).

The bears had quite a large house, long and low, with no upstairs. Herbert and Egbert slept in the double spare-bed and everyone found some sort of bed - except Fattie. None of the beds would bear him. So he slept by the fire, on a mattress and cushions, and snored happily all night. Perhaps he dreamed he was a kettle on the hob. The ponies and donkey were fetched too, and put in one of the bears' big outhouses. So everyone was comfortable.

And they woke early next morning, and then the story went on.

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