CHAPTER II
A TRAVELING MENAGERIE

It took some time for the people to get settled down again, for all
had enjoyed the fun with the duck. The boys wanted Freddie to let him
out of the box, on the quiet, but Bert overheard the plot and put a
stop to it. Then, when the strange youngsters got better acquainted,
and learned that the other box contained a little black kitten, they
insisted on seeing it.

"We'll hold him tight," declared the boy from the back seat, "and
nothing will happen to him."

'`But you don't know Snoop," insisted Bert. "We nearly lost him
coming up in the train, and he's the biggest member of Freddie's
menagerie, so we have to take good care of him."

Mr. Bobbsey, too, insisted that the cat should not be taken out of the
box; so the boys reluctantly gave in.

"Now let us look around a little," suggested Mrs. Bobbsey, when quiet
had come again, and only the rolling of the train and an occasional
shrill whistle broke in on the continuous rumble of the day's journey.

"Yes, Dinah can watch the things and we can look through the other
cars," agreed Mr. Bobbsey. "We might find someone we know going down
to the shore."