and jumped, as they had done when Archibald pulled the strings.

Pete stood behind the trapeze and gave it little pushes with his hands
every now and then. This made it swing farther and farther.

"Oh, it almost turned all the way over!" suddenly cried Archibald.

"That's what I want it to do," said Pete. "When the trapeze goes all
the way over and around and around, that's the giant's swing I was
telling you about. Watch!"

Archibald and Sam watched, and in another moment the trapeze swung up
and over so hard that it turned around and around in a regular circle.

"Hurray! There she goes!" cried Pete.

"Oh, look!" exclaimed Sam.

"Say, that's great!" yelled Archibald. "I didn't know my Calico Clown
could do that!"

As for the Calico Clown himself, he did not know it either, and he
felt very bad that he was made to do the giant's swing.

"Oh, how dizzy it makes me feel!" he said to himself. "I know I'm
going to fall!"

He could feel the strings that tied him to the broomstick bar
beginning to loosen. The Calico Clown shut his eyes, thinking that if
he did not see the green grass whirling around beneath him he would