a magician in a
show--that is I do all sorts of funny tricks, such as making a rabbit
come out of a hat, or shutting a pig up in a box and changing it to a
bird, and making a boy or girl disappear.

"I also do tricks with ducks and frogs, but the other day the pet frog
and duck which I have got sick, and I can't do any more tricks with them
until they are better. But if you would come with me, I could do some
tricks with you in the show, and I wouldn't hurt you a bit, and I'd give
you each ten cents, and you could have a nice time. Will you come with
me? I took a walk out in the woods specially to-day, hoping I could find
a new duck or frog to use in my tricks."

Well, Lulu and Bawly thought about it, and as the man looked very kind
they decided to go with him. So he put Lulu in one of his big pockets
and Bawly in the other, and off he started through the woods.

And pretty soon he came to the place where he did the tricks. It was a
big building, and there was a whole crowd of people there waiting for
the magician--men and women and boys and girls.

"Now, don't be afraid, Bawly and Lulu," said the man kindly, for he
could talk duck and frog language. "No one will hurt you."

So he put Bawly and Lulu down on a soft table, where the people couldn't
see them, and then that man did the most surprising and extraordinary
tricks. He made fire come out of a pail of water, and he opened a box,
and there was nothing in it, and he opened it again, and there was a
rabbit in it. Then he took a man's hat, and he said:

"Now, there is nothing in his hat but in a moment I am going to make a
little frog come in it. Watch me closely."

Well, of course, the people hardly believed him, but what do you think
that man did? Why, he took the hat and turned around, and when nobody
was looking he slipped Bawly off from the table and put him inside
it--inside the hat, I mean, and then the magician said:

"Presto-changeo! Froggie! Froggie! Come into the hat!"

Then he put his hand in, and lifted out Bawly, who made a polite little
bow, and the frog wasn't a bit afraid. And, my! How those people did
clap their hands and stamp their feet!

"Now if some lady will lend me her handbag, I'll make a duck come in
it," said the magician. So a lady in the audience gave him her handbag,
and after the magician had taken out ten handkerchiefs, and a purse with
no money in it, and a looking-glass, and some feathers all done up in a
puff ball, and so