"No, I didn't have time to look at them," said her grandfather with a
laugh. "I was too glad to get my horses back."
"I--I wish we could go to the circus," begged Bunny.
"So you shall--to-morrow!" cried Grandpa Brown. "My goodness you
certainly shall go! You must have a reward for finding my horses for me,
so I'll take you and Sue and everybody to the circus to-morrow. We'll
all go and have a good time!"
"Will you take Bunker Blue?" asked Bunny.
"Yes, Bunker shall go."
"And can I get a blue balloon?" Sue wanted to know.
"Yes, or a red or green or yellow one."
"And me, too?" asked Bunny.
"Of course."
"And can we have peanuts, and more pink lemonade, 'cause it was awful
good, and can we feed the elephant, and--and----"
Sue had to stop, for she was all out of breath.
"You can have the best time ever!" cried Grandpa Brown, giving her a hug
and a kiss.
"Oh! Oh! Oh!" cried Sue, and that was all she could say, she felt so
happy. Bunny was happy too, and, a little later, he and Sue went out to
the barn to see grandpa's team of horses the Gypsies had taken, but
which were now safe in their stalls.
Of course Papa Brown was surprised when he came to the farm the next
day, and heard that Bunny and Sue had found grandpa's horses for him.
"My, such children!" he cried. But I think he was proud of them just the
same.
"Oh, Bunker! We're going to the circus!" cried Sue. "And you're going
too!"
"And so am I!" shouted Bunny. "And maybe we'll get up a circus of our
own, Sue!"
"Oh, will we?"
"Maybe!"
And what sort of show the two children gave you may read about in the
next book of this series, which will be called: "Bunny Brown and His
Sister Sue Playing Circus."
In a big farm wagon, the children, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Grandpa and
Grandma Brown, and Bunker Blue went to the big circus on the baseball
grounds. Bunny and Sue saw the elephants, the camels, the lions, and the
tigers. And the children did not have to carry water to get in to see
the show, for Grandpa Brown bought tickets for them.
Bunny and Sue sat looking at the men and women turn somersaults in the
air, and fall down safely into the big nets. They saw the races, when
monkeys rode on the backs of ponies and dogs. They saw the cages of wild
animals, and they fed the elephants peanuts by the bagfull.
"Oh, Bunny! Bunny!" cried Sue when they came out, each carrying a toy
balloon. "Wasn't the circus wonderful!"
"Fine!" cried Bunn
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