Help with Debbie Bliss teddy bear pattern

[ge0rg1e]

The bear I'm making is the one with the rugby shirt, but the body it calls for is the same as the bear in the nightshirt -- the one on the cover of the book.

Do you know what the pattern means when it says to "Dec one st st each end of next row and 2 foll 3rd rows"? What does the "2 foll 3rd rows" mean? I interpret this to mean:

1st row: dec one at each end
2nd row: work 1 row
3rd row: work 1 row
4th row: dec one at each end
5th row: dec one at each end

But then why wouldn't the pattern just say to dec one at each end of 4th and 5th row?

[Ingrid]

This is what you do.

Row 1: dec
Row 2: work across
Row 3: work across
Row 4: dec
Row 5: work across
Row 6: work across
Row 7: dec

The two following third rows=dec in the third and the sixth after you've done the first, so fourth and seventh.[/u]

[ge0rg1e]

Ohhhh!!! I get it now. In other words, the two following rows after x row. Thanks a lot for your help!