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But when he returned with his arms full of cat-tail leaves , he said , `` Mother Bear , I have made a wish . Please let us have the eggs for dinner , and let us have them scrambled . Father Bear and I like scrambled eggs better , '' and Little Bear winked at Father Bear and Father Bear winked back . `` We shall not make camp at noon so near a farmhouse , '' answered Mother Bear , `` and the eggs shall be roasted . Now run along after some long grasses , Honey Cub , for me to weave into the baskets with the cat-tails . '' Little Bear obeyed his mother , but he neither danced nor sang as he gathered the grasses . `` Noon is the time for dinner , '' he told a big green frog , `` and I wish for scrambled eggs at noon . ''