"Soon now," said Uncle Daniel.
A little later they made their way to the big tents. First they went
in the one where the wild animals, in cages, were drawn up in a circle
inside. There were lions, tigers, bears, giraffes, rhinocerosi,
hippopotami, and elephants, to say nothing of the cute monkeys.
"Are dem cages good an' strong, mistah?" asked Dinah of one of the
circus attendants.
"Oh, yes," he answered, as he passed a carrot in to one of the
monkeys.
"Well, dat's good," she said. "'Cause I doan't want none ob dem bears
or lions t' come after me when I'se watchin' de circus performers."
"I'll see that none of them get loose," promised the circus man with a
laugh at Dinah's fears.
Then the Bobbsey party went on in to the main tent. I wish I could
tell you all they saw, but I have not the room in this book. There was
a parade around the ring to start with, and then in came rushing the
comical clowns, the men and women who rode on horses and who jumped
from one trapeze to another.
Jugglers they were, men with trained horses, trick ponies, trained
dogs and trained elephants.
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