They drove only just inside the wood, and dragged the car off the road. Then they tied up the ponies and donkey, and set off. The dogs were leading, because they smelt bear, and Albert Dorkins would not let them run away, but Mr. Bliss was behindmost, and he probably would have never come along, if he had not hated being left alone. Anyway Mrs. Knight kept on looking back to see he was following. The wood got darker and darker as they went deeper and deeper. All they could see was the faint signs of a path - the path the bears made going to and from their house.

Then the path got wider, and became a road. So they walked very slow and quiet.

Mr. Bliss sat down and thought he would wait till they came back.

This is all he could see. He did not like it [at] all. "I can't see if my hat is black or green," he said.

"I know your face is white without looking," said Mrs. K., who was only just in front. "You come along with the rest!" So Mr. Bliss had to come along. Not much further. They were very near the bears' house now. As a matter of fact, it stood just round a corner at the back of the picture, which Albert has nearly reached.

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