Chapter I: Front Matter

_Kneetime Animal Stories_

DIDO
THE DANCING BEAR

HIS MANY ADVENTURES

BY
RICHARD BARNUM

Author of “Squinty, the Comical Pig,” “Mappo, the
Merry Monkey,” “Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant,”
“Blackie, a Lost Cat,” “Flop Ear, the
Funny Rabbit,” etc.

_ILLUSTRATED BY
C. P. BLUEMLEIN_

PUBLISHERS
BARSE & HOPKINS
NEW YORK, N. Y. NEWARK, N. J.

KNEETIME ANIMAL STORIES

By Richard Barnum

_Illustrated._

SQUINTY, THE COMICAL PIG
SLICKO, THE JUMPING SQUIRREL
MAPPO, THE MERRY MONKEY
TUM TUM, THE JOLLY ELEPHANT
DON, A RUNAWAY DOG
DIDO, THE DANCING BEAR
BLACKIE, A LOST CAT
FLOP EAR, THE FUNNY RABBIT
TINKLE, THE TRICK PONY
LIGHTFOOT, THE LEAPING GOAT

(_Other volumes in preparation_)

BARSE & HOPKINS Publishers New York

Copyright, 1916
by
Barse & Hopkins

_Dido, the Dancing Bear_

MADE IN U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I DIDO CUTS UP 7
II DIDO IS CAUGHT 16
III DIDO IS TRAINED 28
IV DIDO LEARNS TO DANCE 38
V DIDO CROSSES THE OCEAN 48
VI DIDO IN THE COUNTRY 58
VII DIDO MEETS DON 66
VIII DIDO HELPS A GIRL 74
IX DIDO IN THE BAKERY 83
X DIDO SCARES A MAN 92
XI DIDO IN THE CIRCUS 100
XII DIDO IN A FIRE 109

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

Dido did jump through the blazing hoop to get the
apple _Frontispiece_

But Dido climbed up a tree to get away 23

Into the tub of water he jumped with a splash 43

Dido, the dancing bear and Tum Tum, the jolly elephant 65

Just as the dog was going to jump Dido stepped in
between them 81

Jacko and Dido were eating cakes from the window 95

He soon had opened the cage of the dancing bear and
Dido jumped out 117

DIDO, THE DANCING BEAR