"They probably will, Teddy boy," his father replied. "Well, one of Uncle Toby's pets has more than paid for his board bill by to-night's work."
"Aren't you glad we got 'em?" asked Teddy.
"Yes, I guess I am," his father answered, laughing.
"Say! I wish I'd been over to your house last night," exclaimed Jimmy Norton to Teddy, when the story of the attempt to rob was being talked over among the children.
"Well, I was wishing I was somewhere else," said Janet. "Oh, but I was scared!"
"I was at first, but I knew I had to tell my mother or my father," remarked Teddy. "So I got out of bed."
"Teddy was brave," declared Janet.
"Oh, that wasn't anything," the little Curlytop boy said modestly. "I wasn't as brave as Mr. Nip. He called the burglars names!"
"Everybody will be glad to come to the circus to see him," said Harry Kent, who was going to help with the show.
"We'll put Mr. Nip in a special cage, and put a sign on so people will know he's the parrot that scared the burglars," suggested fat Jackie Turton.