about 12 o'clock
Then he sang his jolly song again , and Jacko and Jumpo did their lessons and soon the cricket sang himself to sleep and it was time for everybody to go to bed . But listen ! Something happened in the middle of the night . That bad bear was so mad that along about 12 o'clock , when all was still and quiet in the monkeys ' house , he sneaked up and climbed the tree until he was at the front door . `` Now I will go in and eat them all up , '' thought the bear , smacking his lips and gnashing his sharp teeth . So with his long toenails he unlocked the door and went softly into the house , where Jacko and Jumpo and their papa and mamma were fast asleep . No one heard the bear come in -- that is , no one but the little black cricket in the thimble near the fireplace .