And you can just imagine how glad the Curlytops were, and Jimmy also, when the doctor said:
"The leg is not broken, but it is badly bruised. However, it will be well in a week or so. Keep Skyrocket as quiet as you can."
"We will!" promised Janet.
"We want him to get well so he can be in the circus," added Teddy.
"Oh, I guess he'll be all right for that," said the doctor, with a laugh as he hurried away to look after a sick horse.
A soft bed was made for Skyrocket in the barn, and a basin of fresh water was placed near him. He licked Teddy's hands in gratitude as the little boy patted him in coming away.
It was several days after the adventure with Skyrocket and the trap that something else exciting happened at the home of the Curlytops.
Mr. Nip, the red, green and yellow parrot, became ill. His feathers were ruffled up, he sat all in a lump on his perch, and he would not eat.
"I guess you'd better have the man from the bird store come up to see your parrot," said Mr. Martin, when he went out to the barn at the children's request to look at Mr. Nip. "Your mother will call the bird man on the telephone."
And when the bird man—that is to say the man who kept the bird and fish store—came to see Mr. Nip, he said the parrot should be kept in the kitchen and fed special food with a little medicine in it for a few days.