The bear, if
such it was, could not be in his room. He was sure of that, for the
place was made bright by the moonlight that streamed in the window.
Over to this window Freddie went. He looked out, and as he did so, he
saw something shaggy and black walk under the lilac bush in front of
the house.
"There he is!" whispered Freddie to himself. Then in his shrill
childish voice he called loud:
"Mamma! Bert! Nan! It's come! The bear! He's out in front under the
bush! Oh! Oh! Oh!"
CHAPTER XIX
IN SWIMMING
Freddie's cries roused the whole house at Meadow Brook, for the little
Bobbsey boy had a strong, ringing voice.
His mother was suddenly awakened from her sleep in the next room. Aunt
Sarah and Uncle Daniel heard him in their apartment. Nan, Bert and
Harry also heard him.
"Oh, Freddie!" cried Flossie, who slept in the same room with her
little brother. "What is it? What is it, Freddie?" and she sat up in
her crib.
"It's a bear--out in front--under a bush. The circus bear!" answered
Freddie. "I didn't see the lion or tiger, but they must be out there
too, unless the bear ate them up!"
"Oh! Oh!" cried Flossie.
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