"It was immense, wasn't it?" exclaimed Jim. "But why did the woman squeal when it was all over?"
Doctor Joe laughed.
To make amends, a pretty trick pony came out, who really could dance, and he looked as if he laughed, too. He did a number of amusing things, and the audience stopped going out. Then the monkeys set up such a shrill chatter that the people began to laugh. The lion started to roar; and it seemed as if the tigers joined the chorus. For a few moments it was a forest concert.
"If only the hyena would laugh," said Jim. The girls were a little nervous. Joe had gone to get Prince. "Oh, you needn't be a mite afraid. Mr. Van Amburgh would just have thrown a cloth over his head; and in his surprise they would have had him all right in a moment. I would not have missed it for a dollar; though I wouldn't care to encounter him in his native wilds."
"He did look grand surveying the audience," said Daisy. "I am so glad I could come—for everything."
The Doctor put Hanny and Daisy in the buggy, as they were both so slim. Hanny hugged his arm, and said in a voice still a trifle shaky,—
"Weren't you the least bit frightened, Joe?"
"Why, I never imagined there was any danger until it was over. I think so many people rather dazed Mr. Tiger."
"Oh, if anything had happened to you, what should I do?" asked Daisy, with lustrous eyes.
"Nothing is going to happen to me. You have been a brave girl this afternoon, and it is not the first time either."