"Do something to that parrot! Throw a rug over his cage, or he'll have the whole house awake. Make him be quiet!"
CHAPTER XIII
THE HAND-ORGAN MAN
The Curlytops cuddled down in their beds. Janet said afterward that she pulled the clothes over her ears. Teddy did the same at first, and then he began to think. And his first thought was that someone besides those who had a right to be there, were in his mother's kitchen. And of course the next thought that came to Teddy was:
"Burglars!"
Somehow or other he happened to hit on just exactly the very thing that was happening downstairs.
"Jan! Janet!" hoarsely whispered Teddy, thrusting his head out from under the sheet he had pulled over himself.
But Janet did not answer.