So the Boar squeezed in and then there were six of them in the mitten
and they were so cramped that they couldn't move!
By-and-by with a crackling of twigs a bear came stamping up
and when he saw the mitten he stopped and bellowed:
"Hello, good people! Who is living in this mitten?"
"We are. Crunch-Munch the Mouse, Hop-Stop the Frog, Fleet-Feet the Rabbit, Smily-Wily the Fox,
Howly-Prowly the Wolf and Snout-Rout the Boar. And who are you?"
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"Ho-ho-ho! I'm Grumbly-Rumbly the Bear.
And though you're quite a crowd I know you'll make room for me!"
"How can we? We're so cramped!"
"Where there's a will there's a way!"
"Oh, all right, edge in, but don't forget that you're not the only one."
So the Bear squeezed in, too, and now there were seven of them inside
and they were so cramped that the mitten was fit to burst.
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