Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus

hen she clapped her hands. Sue always did that

cried. "A circu

boy. "We couldn't get elephants and camels and bears. But maybe grandpa would let us take

on a horse," objected

Bunker Blue held

ybe not

Blue to hold us on the h

nker was very fond of Bunny and Sue. Bunker had steered the big automobile in whic

up a circus?" asked Sue, after t

oy. "Didn't we get up a Punch and Judy sh

wasn't as big

ly have a little

ld we have

oy thought f

swered. "There's lots of r

me be all the

could get Tom White, NellieBruce, Jimmie Kenny, Salli

of fun. But what can we do, Bunny? You haven't any l

show, Sue. We want to make this just like a

be afraid of them," and Sue looked over her shoulder as if, even then,

dn't have any real wil

then?" Sue w

ome stripes on Splash, and make b

put stripes o

h pa

is half my dog, and I don't want him all

sh," said the little boy. "My half can be a strip

ld animal," Sue said. "A

ke that," Bunny said. "I'll just stripe my ha

y going to have one wild m

s a dog. We can mak

n he has only a little baby tail, like a rabbit.

could make believe this lion had

es," s

tie a cloth tail on Ned

at's a lot of hair on their ne

d tie them on Ned's dog's neck," said Bunny. "W

I think a circus is nice, Bunny. But what

lothes-line and a broom handle. I co

Wouldn't you

? And I was only a little scared the

can I do

get mother to make you a blue dress out of mosquito netting, an

'pose mother will le

t some other boys and girls to help us. And we'll have to make a c

u put my half of him in a cage! And I do own half of him, right down the midd

ripes on one side, or on half a dog, but it was very hard to put half a dog in

e boy. "Come on, Sue. Please let me put yo

it! You can't put my half of Spl

ke-believe cage, just as

hen, I don't care. But you mustn't hurt him, a

see where we can put up the trapezes and rings and things

Are you goin

t was as easy as eating a piece of strawb

aid Sue. "I'm just going to be a p

any white horses,

der on a brown horse and make him whi

! But it will take an awful lot of talcum

t some talcum powder of my own, and it smells awful g

ue. But come o

ept, and the other held wagons, carriages and machinery. It was in the horse-barn

d of falling in a net, like t

't any circus net

the hay is just as bouncy

ce where the hay is kept, and jumped into the dr

mped up and down in the hay, laughing and shouting. Then they played around

be such fun

" cried

ask mother n

f water. On the edge of it stood a hen, clucking and making a great fuss. She w

see, Bunny! All her little chickens are in the water. Oh,