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Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus by Laura Lee Hope
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Bunker and Ben climbed the ladder to the beam far above the hay pile,
and soon they had fastened up the ropes of the trapeze. They pulled hard
on them to make sure they were strong enough, so Bunny would not have a
fall.

Then the piece of broom handle was tied on the two lower ends of the
ropes, and the trapeze was finished.

"Now you can try it, Bunny," said Bunker, after he had swung on the
trapeze for a few times to make sure it was safe.

Bunny walked across the barn floor where some hay had been spread to
make a sort of cushion.

"We'll use hay, instead of a net as they do in a circus," Bunny said.

"Anyhow we haven't got any net," put in Sue.

"We can make believe the hay is a new kind," said her brother.

Bunny hung by his hands from the wooden bar of the trapeze, just as he
had seen the men do in the circus. Then he began to swing slowly back
and forth.

"Oh, Bunny!" cried Sue. "That's fine. Now turn yourself inside out, like
the circus man did."

"No, Bunny can't do that yet," said Ben. "He must first do easy things
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