Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus by Laura Lee Hope
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"Of course we can," answered the little boy. "Didn't we get up a Punch and Judy show, when I found Aunt Lu's diamond ring?" "Yes, but that wasn't as big as a circus." "Well, we need only have a little circus show, Sue." "Where could we have it, Bunny?" The little boy thought for a moment. "In grandpa's barn," he answered. "There's lots of room. It would be just fine." "Would you and me be all the circus, Bunny?" "Oh, no. We'd get some of the other boys and girls. We could get Tom White, Nellie Bruce, Jimmie Kenny, Sallie Smith and Ned Johnson. They'd be glad to play circus." "Yes, I guess they would," said Sue. "It will be lots of fun. But what can we do, Bunny? You haven't any lobster claw to play Mr. Punch now, 'cause it's broke." "No, we don't want to give a Punch and Judy show, Sue. We want to make this just like a circus, with trapezes and wild animals and----" "But you said we couldn't have any lions or tigers, Bunny. 'Sides, I'd be afraid of them," and Sue looked over her shoulder as if, even then, |
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