Stick. They did not look toward the porch, or they would have noticed
that the Clown was gone, though the toy Monkey was still there. The
live monkey was dancing toward the boys, holding out his cap for
pennies.

And the Calico Clown was up in the tree, not knowing how in the world
he was ever going to get down.

"Oh, look at the monkey!" cried Herbert, as he saw the music man's
long-tailed animal.

"He's nice," said Sidney. "He's like your Monkey on a Stick, only
bigger, Herb. I'm going in and ask mother for a penny."

"So'm I!" said Herbert.

Still thinking that their own toys were safe on the porch, the little
boys ran back into the house, where each one got a penny for the hand-
organ monkey. And the monkey took off his blue cap to gather the
pennies for his master.

"Good boys!" said the Italian with a smile, and he played another tune
for them. And then it was time for him to travel on.

"Come along, Jacko!" he called to his monkey, and then he fastened the
rope back on his monkey's collar and made him jump up on the organ.
Then the two of them went down the street.

"Oh, there he goes!" thought the poor Calico Clown, still up in the
tree. "Oh, he's going to leave me here! Oh, what shall I do?"