Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus

r brother hanging, head down, in such a funny way from the p

sounded very strange, coming from his mouth upside do

, is you playing

in, trying to get his feet loose. Both of them were caught between

ust then, or he would have wiggled himself to the ground, and he

first peach, and now, dropping the stone, from which she had been sucking the l

e was just ready to cry. "Run and tell grandpa to help me down, Sue!" h

of which Bunny once put over his nose to make himself look like Mr. Punch, of the Punch and Judy show. For when boys, or girls either, hang by

isn't playin' ci

wered Bunny. "Hurry for gra

e had seen a few days before had hung by his toes from a trapeze, upside down, just as Bunny

as used to it, and it did not

" begged the

ied, as she ran off toward the tree w

little girl. "Come-come h

d from trying to talk so fast, that she could hardly

d. "What has happened to B

he is a circus. He's upside down in the tree, and he's a wigglin' an' a woggl

etting on the ground his basket, now half fu

ll sorts of mischief, though they did not always mean to

went up the tree, and now he's swinging by his legs ju

, taking hold of Sue's hand. "What isn't he, Sue? I never

t the man in the ci

he would be a man in th

, though," insisted Sue. "But he

nor why Bunny was hanging in such a queer way. But Gra

wn!" cried Sue, pointing to the tree

up. This lifted Bunny's feet free from the tree branches, between which they were caught,

. "But how did it happen? Were you tr

"I-I slipped down when I was reaching for a big, red peach for Su

e been hurt worse than you were," said Grandpa Brow

elt of his own arms and legs. He took a

ll right," he an

re trees," said Grandpa B

a big boy, but of course

y more peach trees,

ys and girls are safest on the ground. But now you had better come over where I can kee

picking. They helped to fill the basket, for some of the peaches grew on branches so

ose of you who have read the first book in this series do not need to be told wh

, with their father and mother, lived in the town of Bellemere, on Sandport bay, near

nd while on her visit Aunt Lu lost her diamond ring. Bunny found it in an awfu

old you how the Brown family went to the country in a big automobile, in wh

days' trip, what fun they had! You may read all about it

ses were found at the circus, where Bunny and Sue went to see the elephants, tigers, lions,

If it was not one thing it was another. They often got lost, thoug

the water once, and she called him Splash be

. Every one in town loved the children. Even Wango, the queer

bear, which a man led around by a string. The bear climbed a telegraph pole, and did other tricks. Bunny and Sue tho

hildren, Grandpa Brown walked back to the house. Mrs. Brown,

er. "Look at your dress!

ll over. But Bunny hung upside down in the tree,

out something else beside the p

ed Mother Brown, looking

was hanging, upside down, in a tree. But h

e children do next?

said Bunny. "It-it just-happ

. Sue, I'll put a clean dress on you, and then I'll see if I can ge

ce and clean, were sitting on the sid

t when you were playin' you wer

d slowly. "But it felt funny. Did I

you didn't have any nice pink suit o

," agreed Bunny. "But

unny, y

tle chap said nothin

I know wha

ha

f fun! We'll get up a circus all by our