"No, it isn't going to be a circus, it's going to be a regular Opera
House show!" cried Sue.

"What about?" her father wanted to know, as he caught her up in his
arms.

"We don't know yet," Bunny said. "But maybe the play will be about
pirates or Indians or soldiers."

"Why don't you have some nice quiet play that would be good for
Christmas?" asked Mr. Brown. "Why not have a play with a farm scene in
it? You have been down to Grandpa's farm, and you know a lot about the
country. Why not have a farm play and call it 'Down on the Farm'?"

"That's the very thing!" suddenly cried Mr. Treadwell. "Excuse me for
getting so excited," he said, "but when you spoke about a farm play I
remembered that we have some farm scenery in our show that failed. I
believe you could buy that scenery cheap for the children," he said to
Mr. Brown. "There are three scenes, one meadow, a barnyard with a barn
and an orchard; and the last had a house with it."

"Oh, Daddy! get us the farm theater things for our new play!" cried
Bunny Brown.




CHAPTER VIII