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frighten everybody as much as they did. The people thought they were bogies, or ghosts, or goblins, or all three. Fattie rolled on the floor. So did Mrs, Knight, and she kept on saying "bananas, bananas, bananas", as if she was counting. Mr. Day hid his face in his hat, and said "I will be good, I will be good." The other Dorkinses lay as quiet and as still as they could for shaking. Then the bears began to laugh. They did laugh! They sat on the floor and roared, and when they got up again they left shiny patches like enormous glowworms on the ground. "Now we had better all have supper," said Archie, when he got his breath. Herbert was the first to recover, and he was cross, because he felt so silly. But when Fattie heard "supper", he forgot all his troubles. The bears really took pains with that supper, and the Dorkinses and Mrs. Knight and old Mr, Day forgave them altogether when they saw it; and when they had eaten it they danced and sang together like old friends . But they couldn't find Mr. Bliss anywhere, though they roused all the birds with their calling and shouting, before they sat down. There is a picture of the party on the other side. |
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