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Title: The Story of a Plush Bear
Author: Laura Lee Hope

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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
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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
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THE BUNNY BROWN SERIES
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THE SIX LITTLE BUNKERS SERIES
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THE OUTDOOR GIRLS SERIES
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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 had been a busy time in the North Pole workshop of Santa Claus that day, for it was getting near to Christmas. The little men, like elves, who built the Noah's Arks, the toy animals, the dolls, and the other playthings, had been as busy as bees.
Then, in the afternoon, just before dark, jolly old Santa Claus himself entered his shop, the windows of which were