[Illustration: _“I did not call you over to give me a bath,” cried Squeaky_] SNYTHERGEN BY HAL GARROTT ILLUSTRATIONS BY DUGALD WALKER [Illustration] NEW YORK ROBERT M. McBRIDE & COMPANY 1923 Copyright, 1923, by ROBERT M. MCBRIDE & CO. First Published, 1923 _Printed in the United States of America._ TO HAL AND JEAN CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I SLENDER FOODS AND ROUND FOODS 1 II A TICKLISH TREE 11 III PLAYED ON A MUSICAL SKIRT 21 IV A BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK 29 V HOW A PIG LEARNED TO TALK 37 VI THE HOUSE AT THE END OF A ROPE 45 VII BEAR ON ICE 53 VIII A RUNAWAY TREE 65 IX THE DOCTOR DISCOVERS A TREE WITH ST. VITUS’ DANCE 71 X THE BEAR SEES THE “GRASSHOPPER PIG,” HEARS THE “HUNTSMEN,” AND IS PRESENT AT THE “ESCAPE” 87 XI THE JOURNEY TO THE WREATH—A SPIN IN A HUMMING-TOP—AN UNKNOWN FRIEND 99 XII ABOARD A FLOATING BEARD 113 XIII THE PIE ROOM—BEAR AGAIN!—SANCHO WING SCOLDS 123 XIV SNYTHERGEN’S TROUBLES 135 XV TOY FOODS 147 XVI HOME 155 THE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR “I did not call you over to give me a bath,” cried Squeaky _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE It was inspiring to hear this chorus accompanied by full orchestra 24 The house was left dangling above ground to receive an airing out 46 “Bears should not talk when their mouths are full of food,” said Santa Claus kindly 128 IN BLACK AND WHITE PAGE His father would stand on one hand and his mother on the other 5 Like mothers the world over she knew how to sacrifice herself 13 His feet projected out of the window in the butler’s pantry 19 Snythergen cried, “Don’t do that!” 33 To die in her arms would have been a happier lot than leaving her 41