midnight
The trailer was unhooked and carefully backed in through a passage laid out by the versatile Fisheye . A door was opened in one of the unplaced cages and the little bears pushed out into a new world . They scrambled to a far corner , faced about , and waited for the next move . `` There they are , '' cried the midget enthusiastically , `` black as midnight , fat as butterballs and ready for work . '' To be sure , the little salesman could not see up to the level of the cage floor , but his sales talk never ceased . `` How much am I offered , men , '' he called out in a voice simulating an auctioneer . `` How much for the two ? ''