"
"I--I'll scare 'em off with my fire engine," Freddie went on.
"Will yo', honey lamb? So yo' won't let ole black Dinah get hurted,
eh? Well, honey, lamb, I'd gib yo' all a hug but mah hands am all
flour," and Dinah held them up for Freddie to see.
"Never mind, you can hug me some other time--you can hug me twice to
make up for this," said Freddie. "Now you'll come to the circus, won't
you?"
"I--I'll see, honey lamb," Dinah half-promised.
Later Mrs. Bobbsey told the colored cook there would be no danger, and
when Dinah learned that Uncle Daniel was going, as well as one of his
hired men, she made no more objections.
The day of the circus came, bright and sunny. Everyone was up early in
the farm-house, for Uncle Daniel said they wanted to be in time to
see the morning parade. Then they would eat their dinner, which they
would take with them, as though it were a picnic, and go to the show
in the afternoon.
"Oh, I wish papa were here!" sighed Nan, as she and Bert left the
breakfast table.
"Why, you're not afraid, are you?" he asked.
"No, only I'd like him to see the show," she said.
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