the sheet tent in Herbert's yard. The clothesline was pulled tight
between two posts and the sheets put over the line. The edges were
fastened to the ground with wooden rings, and then some pieces of cloth
were pinned to the back of the sheet to close that end. It took two or
three days to make the tent, but at last it was finished.

"We'll leave one end open for the front door," said Herbert.

"But if we do that everybody can look in and see our show for nothing,"
objected Dick. "That isn't right. They ought to give one pin, or two
pins, to come to see our show."

"We can pin some pieces of cloth at the front end of the tent,"
suggested Mirabell. "I have an old shawl over at my house that Mother
lets me spread on the grass when I play with my Lamb on Wheels. I'll get
that to close the front of the tent."

The old shawl was just what was needed to make a front "door" for the
show tent, and soon it was pinned in place. Some old boxes were found by
Patrick, the kind gardener, and these were to be used for seats.

"Now we'd better all go and get our things that are going to be in the
show," said Herbert. "I'll bring out my Monkey."

"And I'll get my Candy Rabbit," offered Madeline.

"I'll have to have somebody help me carry over my Tin Soldier Captain
and all the men," said Arnold. "I don't want to drop any of 'em."

"I'll help you, as soon as I bring out my Monkey," offered Herbert.

"And I'd like somebody to help me carry over my Lamb," said Mirabell.

"I'll help you," said Dick. "I'll bring over my White Rocking Horse and
your Lamb, Mirabell."

So, as it happened, Herbert's Monkey and Madeline's Candy Rabbit were
the first of the toy friends to be brought into the tent. The Monkey
was on his stick, as Herbert was going to make him do tricks by climbing
up to the top of it, and turning somersaults, as it was intended for the
Monkey to do.

"Do you think my Rabbit and your Monkey will be all right if we leave
them here alone in the tent?" asked Madeline, as the toys were put down
on one of the boxes, and she and her brother started to help the other
children carry in their things.

"Oh yes, they'll be all right," said Herbert.

But he and Madeline had not been very long away, and the Monkey and
Candy Rabbit had not been very long alone in the tent, before something
happened.

All at once, just as the Monkey was thinking of asking the Candy Rabbit
what tricks that sweet chap was going to do in the show, a