Now watch,
everyone!"
They all watched, as Bert let go the toys, one from either hand. Up,
up, up, went the red and blue balloons.
"Oh, mine's going faster!" cried Freddie.
"No, mine is!" exclaimed Flossie.
And, for a time first the red balloon would be ahead, and then the
blue one. But finally they both were at exactly the same height, and
in that way they sailed onward and upward until they were only little
specks in the blue sky, so no one could tell which one was ahead in
the race.
It was while the children were out in the yard in front of the Meadow
Brook farmhouse, watching the disappearing balloons, that Bert heard a
stranger's voice calling.
"I say, do you children know where there is a circus around here?" was
the question, and, turning, Nan, Bert and the others saw a man in a
carriage, on the road just outside the fence.
"A circus?" repeated Bert.
"Yes, I heard there was one showing around here," the man went on,
"and I'd like to find it."
"There was a circus over at Rosedale yesterday," spoke Bert, "but it
has traveled on by this time. If you inquired there you could find out
where it went.
Pages:
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160