noon
Sure enough ! When Mother Bear took the leaves off the basket of eggs , what a sight she beheld ! Every shell was broken . Then said Father Bear , laughing : `` Roasted eggs are not so good as scrambled , and noon is the time for dinner ! Mother Bear , let us go ashore and make camp . We have come a long way from the farmhouse . '' `` Father Bear is always right , '' said Mother Bear , as she emptied the broken eggs into the frying pan and began picking out pieces of the shells and tossing them into the water .