"If we each have to hold one end of the curtain net, how are we going to hold out the banana so Jack will see it?" asked Janet of her older brother.
"We'll lay the banana in the middle of the net," decided Ted.
This was done, and when the curtain was held stretched as tightly as Janet and Teddy could pull it, as they had once seen the Cresco firemen stretch out a life-net in a practice drill, the banana was placed in the center.
"Come on now, Jack! Jump down!" called Teddy. "Jump down and get your other banana!"
Jack chattered, but did not jump. He clung to the edge of the tower of boxes, made two or three motions as if he were coming down, but he did not descend.
"I guess he doesn't see the banana," remarked Janet. "One of us ought to hold it up."
"We can't, and hold the net too," Teddy declared. "And if we don't hold the net, and Jack jumps, he may hurt himself, and then he can't be in the show."
"Oh, I know what we can do!" Janet declared.
"What?" asked Teddy.
"We can have Trouble hold the banana! Let him stand right near the outside edge of the net, near the middle, and hold up the banana. Then Jack will see it and jump."