The Story of a Plush Bear

o the bottom and be drowned. It was the first time he had ever fallen into the water. At the North Pole, where he had been made in the work

ead. Faintly he heard the screams of Arthur, as the waves rolled the fat boy over and over on

hand just then to

e found that, after his first drop into the ocean when the waters closed

d cork, making him very light, so that, though he did

not feel bad. The water was warm, and by keeping his mouth closed the Plush Bear did not taste any of the salt. There he was, floating on his back, hi

d pulled the fat boy out of the sea. But it was soon found that Art

ed, when he had been dried and comforte

that, for his Plush Bear was being ca

r. Bruin when the wave knoc

I did!" answered

the little boy. "I'll get you another. Don't cry! There is salt water enough around here w

Mr. Bruin was flo

ught the Plush Bear. "I thought surely my end had come when Arthur dr

udden, he heard voices talking. The voices were th

e it here, Joe

the answer. "And my Nodd

sick a bit," said the boy who had been called Herbert

hought the Plush Bear. "Noddi

ace whence came the voices, but the Plush Bear could see not

's that floatin

h!" said th

ating toy," was the answer in a man's voi

in to himself; "but if you rescue me from t

s Nodding Donkey an

ge

n another second he was placed in the bottom of a motor boat. In the boat were two men and two boys, but when the wat

n a most pleasant and jolly fashion to the Plush Bear. And

ush Bear. "They, too, were once in the shop of S

Bear came from?" asked Joe, the

dren were being given a ride, just as you boys are having a ride," sai

ly said Joe. "Now that I'm not lame any mor

to get it back. It doesn't seem to be much harmed." He wound up the spring and at once the Plush Bear began to move his paws, wag

me children stopping at one of the hotels, or even at our own hotel, may claim th

back there, too, so Mr. Bruin

y there, too,

boat, and then the two boys and their father gathered in the bow, or f

sea all by yourself?" asked the Noddin

n and he dropped me," was the

f his adventures when the motor boat was run

We'll take him to our hotel, and I'll tell the clerk to post up a notic

ng at the same hotel where Arthur and Nettie were with their father and mother. Joe and Herbert h

nd the two boys entered the hotel. As they walked toward the desk, Mr. Richmond carrying the Plu

thur, for it was he. "Oh, where did you get him?" he cri

toy?" asked

ed him in the ocean when a big wave knocked me down, a

n Herbert, with his Monkey on a Stick, stepped forward, and Nettie came out of her chai

h seemed to work as well as e

been told by those who were in the boat. "I can play with my Rag Doll, Herbert can make

otel with their toys, while their f

t of a car window, he was buried in the sand, and he was carried out to sea." Of cours

ond, "Joe's Donkey had

s Monkey," said that

to the Donkey and Monkey, when they were alone for a m

, the China Cat and Plush Bear. But this book is quite filled, as you may see. Though of course I may write

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