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Make Believe Stories (Trademark Registered)
THE STORY OF A PLUSH BEAR
by
LAURA LEE HOPE
Author of "The Story of a Sawdust Doll," "The Story of a Nodding
Donkey," "The Story of a China Cat," "Bobbsey Twins Series," "Bunny
Brown Series," "Six Little Bunkers Series," Etc.
Illustrated by Harry L. Smith

New York Grosset & Dunlap Publishers Made in the United States of
America Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, New York Copyright, 1921, by
Grosset & Dunlap

BOOKS
By LAURA LEE HOPE
Durably Bound. Illustrated.
MAKE BELIEVE STORIES
THE STORY OF A SAWDUST DOLL THE STORY OF A WHITE

ROCKING HORSE THE STORY OF A LAMB ON WHEELS THE
STORY OF A BOLD TIN SOLDIER THE STORY OF A CANDY
RABBIT THE STORY OF A MONKEY ON A STICK THE STORY
OF A CALICO CLOWN THE STORY OF A NODDING DONKEY
THE STORY OF A CHINA CAT THE STORY OF A PLUSH BEAR
* * * * *
THE BOBBSEY TWINS SERIES
THE BOBBSEY TWINS THE BOBBSEY TWINS IN THE
COUNTRY THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT THE SEASHORE THE
BOBBSEY TWINS AT SCHOOL THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT
SNOW LODGE THE BOBBSEY TWINS ON A HOUSEBOAT THE
BOBBSEY TWINS AT MEADOW BROOK THE BOBBSEY TWINS
AT HOME THE BOBBSEY TWINS IN A GREAT CITY THE
BOBBSEY TWINS ON BLUEBERRY ISLAND THE BOBBSEY
TWINS ON THE DEEP BLUE SEA THE BOBBSEY TWINS IN
WASHINGTON THE BOBBSEY TWINS IN THE GREAT WEST
THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT CEDAR CAMP
* * * * *
THE BUNNY BROWN SERIES
* * * * *
THE SIX LITTLE BUNKERS SERIES
* * * * *
THE OUTDOOR GIRLS SERIES
* * * * *

The Story of a Plush Bear

CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I A SNOWBALL FIGHT 1
II THE LITTLE ESKIMO 14
III OUT ALL NIGHT 26
IV IN THE TOY SHOP 41
V THE FAT BOY 55
VI OUT OF THE WINDOW 68
VII ON THE BOARDWALK 78
VIII IN THE SAND 89
IX OUT TO SEA 100
X SAVED AT LAST 110

THE STORY OF A PLUSH BEAR
CHAPTER I
A SNOWBALL FIGHT
Down swirled the white flakes, blowing this way and that. It was
snowing furiously in North Pole Land, and even the immense
workshop of Santa Claus was almost buried in white. How the wind
howled! It whistled down the chimneys, and blew the sparks about.
"Whew, how cold it is!" cried a Wax Doll, who did not have any shoes
on, for she was not yet quite finished. "What makes such a breeze in

here?" and she shivered as she pulled up over her legs a blanket of
plush cloth from which Santa Claus and his men made Teddy Bears.
"It is cold," said a Celluloid Doll, who was lying on the work bench
next to the wax toy. "Some one must have left a window open."
"Left a window open? There are three or four windows open!" gleefully
shouted a fuzzy, Woolen Boy Doll. "Look at the snow blowing in!
Hurray! Now we can have a snowball fight without going outside.
Come on!" cried the Woolen Boy Doll to a little Flannel Pig who had
just been stuffed with cotton. "Come on, have a snowball fight!"
"All right!" squealed the Flannel Pig. "I'll wash your face!"
"Oh, how cold it is! How cold it is!" sighed the Wax Doll. "Give me
more covers, please, somebody! My feet are freezing! Who left the
windows open?"
"Here, take this," called a big Plush Bear, tossing toward the Wax Doll
a quilt he took from a bed in a playhouse that stood next to him on the
work table. "This will keep you warm. I guess some of the men who
work for Santa Claus must have gone off and forgotten to close the
windows."
This is just what had happened. There