"Hardly," said Mrs. Bobbsey with a smile. "I want papa along when I
have four children to take to a circus."
"My father will take us," said Harry. "He always goes to a circus when
one comes around here."
"Oh, fine!" cried Bert. "Uncle Daniel will take us! Uncle Daniel will
take us!" and he caught Nan around the waist and went dancing over the
lawn with her.
"Now may we go, papa?" asked Nan, when Bert let her go.
"Well, I guess so," answered Mr. Bobbsey. "Uncle Daniel can look after
you as well as I could."
"If Uncle Daniel goes, it will be all right," Mrs. Bobbsey said.
"And will you go, too, mamma?" asked Bert, slipping up to her, and
giving her a kiss.
"Oh, yes, I suppose I'll have to help feed the elephant peanuts," she
laughed.
"Hurray! Hurrah!" cried Bert, swinging his cap in the air. "We're
going to the circus! We're going to the circus!"
The children were delighted with the pleasure in store for them. They
talked of little else, and when they found that Tom Mason and Mabel
Herold were also going to the show, they were more than delighted.
"Oh, what fun we'll have!" cried Nan.
Pages:
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127