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Such a queer company called for a queer table. This was long and / narrow, and the dishes were placed all on one side. Steps led up to the / other side for the waiters to ascend, for not one of the Coons was tall / enough, even when he stood on tiptoes, to reach the top of the table / from the floor.
The three Bears sat in the middle, with Buddie on the right and the / Donkey on the left; and, in order to "keep peace in the family," as the / saying goes, Doctor Fox had been seated at one end of the table and / Doctor Goose at the other. But, as we shall see, this arrangement did / not long keep them from quarreling.