't notice, and there she
stuck fast by her horns, which jabbed right into the hard sand and dirt.
There she was held fast, and the bear, seeing her, called out:

"Now I can get you without any trouble. You can't get away from me, so
I'll just eat this frog gentleman first."

Oh, but that bear was savage, and hungry, and several other kinds of
unpleasant things. He made a big jump for the frog, but what do you
think Bully's papa did? Why he took the bunch of flowers, and he tickled
that bear so tickily-ickly under the chin, that the bear first sneezed,
and then he laughed and as Papa No-Tail kept on tickling him, that bear
just had to sit down and laugh and sneeze at the same time, and he
couldn't chase even a snail.

"Now for the next act!" bravely cried Mr. No-Tail, and with that he took
the stick he intended for Grandpa Croaker's cane, and put it under the
bear's legs, and he twisted the stick, Papa No-Tail did, and the first
thing that bear knew he had been tripped up and turned over just like a
pancake, and he fell on his nose and bumped it real hard.

Then, before he could get up, Papa No-Tail pelted him with the round
stones as white as milk, and the bear thought it was snowing and
hailing, and he was as frightened as anything, and as soon as he could
get up, away he ran through the woods, crying big, salty bear tears.

"Oh, I'm so glad you drove that bear away! You are very brave, Mr.
No-Tail," said Nannie Goat. "But how am I to get loose in time to get to
school without being late?" For she was still fast by her horns in the
sand bank.

"Never fear, leave it to me," said Papa No-Tail. So Nannie never feared,
and Papa No-Tail tried to pull her horns out of the sand bank, but he
couldn't, because the ground was too hard. So what did he do but go to
the pond, and get some water in his hat, and he threw the water on the
sand, and made it soft, like mud pies, and then Nannie could pull out
her own horns.

After thanking Mr. No-Tail she ran on to school, and got there just as
the last bell rang, and wasn't late. And the teacher and all the pupils
were very much surprised when Nannie told them what had happened. Bully
and Bawly were afraid the bear might come back and hurt their papa, but
nothing like that happened I'm glad to say.

Now in case the tea kettle doesn't sing a funny song and waken the white
rabbit with the pink eyes that's in a cage out in our yard, I'll tell
you to-morrow night about Mamma No-Ta