In the
morning Freddie and Flossie went out to look at the place under the
lilac bush where the dog had been seen. They found a hole where he had
been digging up a bone he had hidden there.
And, a little later that day, the dog himself came over, to make
friends with Snap. He let Freddie pat him.
"He isn't half as big as he looked in the night," said the little
fellow.
"No, daylight often makes many things seem smaller--even troubles,
that look very big at night," said Mrs. Bobbsey, with a smile.
"But maybe we'll see some wild animals that got away from the circus,"
hopefully said Freddie at dinner.
"No, you won't!" exclaimed his uncle with a laugh.
"Why not?" asked Bert.
"Because none got away," was the answer. "I met one of the circus men
in the village this morning. He stayed behind to settle up some bills,
and he said not a single animal got away. It was all a false alarm; no
truth in it."
"Well, I'm glad of it!" declared Mrs. Bobbsey, and I think everyone
felt better on hearing that news.
Mr. Bobbsey came back to Meadow Brook the next day, and heard all
about the wild animal scare, and also about Freddie being lost at the
circus, and Frank Kennedy finding him.
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