"Never mind," said Madeline, as she let Herbert hold her Candy Rabbit,
"to-morrow I'll help you look for your Monkey. Maybe he's hiding down in
the tall grass, as Dorothy's Sawdust Doll once did."

"Maybe," said Herbert hopefully. But still he felt sad.

The next day he and Dick and Carlo again went to the meadow. They looked
all around, and at last they found the Monkey, as I have told you.

Of course neither of the boys knew what an adventure the Monkey had had,
nor how he had gone to visit Jack Hare in the cave, and had seen the
little Rabbits. Nor did they know how he had become dried out by
sleeping under the fern leaf.

"Well, now we'll have some fun, as long as I have my Monkey back," said
Herbert, and he and Dick, followed by the dog, went back across the
meadow.

"What are you going to do?" asked Dick.

"Put up a tent and have a show," Herbert answered. "You can bring your
White Rocking Horse, and Arnold can bring his Bold Tin Soldier. If
Dorothy wants to, she can bring her Sawdust Doll, Mirabell can bring
her Lamb of Wheels, and my sister Madeline can bring her Candy Rabbit."

"That'll be a fine show!" cried Dick.

The two little boys hurried back to Herbert's house, and told his mother
what they were going to do. Herbert showed his mother the Monkey he had