"It's exactly like a circus, only different," said Ward, and then wondered why the others laughed at him.
"There's a merry-go-round," Artie announced, looking at Jess, who had a weakness for that form of amusement.
"And fat ladies and snakes and everything, probably," contributed Fred.
Mrs. Marley laughed and said that if Fred liked fat ladies he need not go so far from home.
"You're not fat, Mother!" Polly protested indignantly.
Pretty Mrs. Marley laughed again and declared that if she wasn't, it was not Mrs. Williamson's fault.
"For she will persist in giving us berry short-cakes, and I cannot refuse them," said Mrs. Marley regretfully. "Well, chicks, I suppose we'll have to go over and see this wonderful carnival some day."
"They don't stay very long in one place," hinted Artie.
"My goodness, won't it be there to-morrow?" his mother asked, in seeming alarm.