th us."

"Then we can't see the circus!" cried Sue, tears falling from her brown
eyes.

"Maybe you can to-morrow," suggested Mrs. Kendall. "The circus will be
here two days."

"That's good!" said Bunny.

He and Sue did not feel so sad now. But they were a little disappointed.
Mrs. Kendall took them to where her husband's wagon was standing in the
shade, with the horse eating oats from a bag. Into the wagon the
children were lifted. Splash jumped up all by himself, and then they
were driven back to grandpa's farm, leaving the circus, with its big
white tents, the fluttering flags, the jolly music, the elephants,
camels and horses far behind.

"We'll tell grandpa about the Gypsies and his horses," said Bunny.

"Yes," said Sue. "And then maybe he'll bring us back to the show."

CHAPTER XXV

GRANDPA'S HORSES

"Well, well! You children do the queerest things!" cried Grandpa Brown,
when Mr. and Mrs. Kendall drove up to the farmhouse with Bunny Brown and
his sister Sue in the wagon, Splash standing up in the back, and barking
as though he had done it all. "Yes, you certainly do queer things! The
idea of running off to a circus!"

"We--we didn't run--we walked," corrected Sue.

"And we saw the elephants, but I didn't water any," said Bunny.

"Oh, I was _so_ worried about you!" cried Mrs. Brown, as she put her
arms around Bunny and Sue. "Why did you do it?"

"We--we wanted to see the circus," said Bunny.

"And oh! we saw grandpa's horses!" cried Sue. "Two Gypsy mans had
them!"

Every one looked surprised on hearing this.

"What's that? What's that?" cried Grandpa Brown. "You saw my two horses
that the Gypsies borrowed, and didn't bring back?"

"Yes, we saw them," said Bunny. "Anyhow they _looked_ like your horses,
'cause they weren't circus horses."

"What about this, Mr. Kendall?" asked Grandpa Brown of the kind farmer
who had brought Bunny and Sue home.

"I don't know anything about it," was the answer. "My wife and I went to
the circus, and when we were standing around, waiting for the show to
begin, we saw these tots there. They were all alone, so we knew
something must be wrong. They told us they'd run away, and we brought
them back. But I didn't see your horses, though I did see two Gypsy men
hanging around one of the tents."

Grandpa Brown thought for a few seconds. Then he said:

"Well, it might be that the Gypsies came back with my team, and are
trying to sell them to the circus. I gu