to the limb of a tree, so that it hung down and swung to and fro like
a swing.

"Now well put the Clown on," Pete called to Archibald, when the
trapeze was finished.

"How are you going to make him stay on?" asked Sam.

"Oh, I can tie him on with another piece of string," Pete answered.

"That's easy!" yelled Archibald.

It did not take Pete long to tie the Calico Clown on the swinging
trapeze. It was quite high from the ground, and as the little toy man
looked down and saw how far below him the green grass was, his knees
seemed to shake and his cymbals to tremble.

"Oh, if I should fall now I would be broken to pieces!" said the
Calico Clown to himself, for of course he dared not speak aloud now,
and he dared not move by himself. "This is much higher than when I
climbed the string in the toy store and caught fire at the gas jet.
This is much higher than I ever was up before," sighed the Clown.

"Is he ready to do the giant's swing now?" asked Sam.

"In a minute," answered Pete.

Once the Clown was tied on, Pete began to swing the trapeze to and
fro. Farther and farther swung the Calico Clown, and, as he moved to
and fro, his cymbals clanged together. His arms and legs also jiggled