rd the school bell ring to call the boy and girl animals
to their classes.

"I hope Bully and Bawly are not late," thought their father. "When one
goes to school one must be on time, and always try to have one's
lessons." Still he felt pretty sure that his two little boys were on
time, for they were usually very good.

On hopped Mr. No-Tail, wishing he could see the bad Pelican bird, and
make him give up the wallpaper-printing ink, when all of a sudden, as
quickly as you can tie your shoe lace, or your hair ribbon, Papa No-Tail
heard a great crashing in the bushes, and then he heard a growling and
then presto-changeo! out popped Nannie Goat, and after her came running
a black, savage bear! Oh, he was a most unpleasant fellow, that bear
was, with a long, red tongue, and long, sharp, white teeth, and long
claws, bigger than a cat's claws, and he had shaggy fur like an
automobile coat.

"Oh! Oh! Oh! Stop! Stop! Stop! Don't catch me! Don't catch me! Don't
catch me!" cried Nannie, the goat girl, running on and crashing through
the bushes. But the bear never minded. On he came, right after Nannie,
for he wanted to catch and eat her. You see he used to be in a cage in a
big animal park, but he got loose and he was now very hungry, for no one
had fed him in some time.

Well, Papa No-Tail was so surprised that, for a moment, he didn't know
what to do. He just sat still under a big cabbage leaf, and looked at
the bear chasing after Nannie.

"Oh, will no one save me?" cried the poor little goat girl. "Will no one
save me from this savage bear?"

"No; no one will save you," answered the shaggy creature, as he cleaned
his white teeth with his red tongue for a brush. "I am going to eat you
up."

"No, you are not!" cried Papa No-Tail, boldly.

"Ha! Who says I am not going to eat her?" asked the bear, surly-like.

"I do!" went on Papa No-Tail, hopping a bit nearer. "You shall never eat
her as long as I am alive!"

"And who are you, if I may be so bold as to ask," went on the bear,
stopping so he could laugh.

"I am the brave Mr. No-Tail, who works in the wallpaper factory, but I
can't work to-day as the bad Pelican bird took the ink," replied Bully's
and Bawly's papa.

"Oh, fiddlesticks!" cried the bear, real impolite-like. "Now, just for
that I will eat you both!" He made a rush for Nannie, but with a scream
she gave a big jump, and then something terrible happened. For she
jumped right into a sand bank, which she didn