"Thank you," replied Teddy and Janet.
They saw the tent—a small one with a few flags on it—almost as soon as they alighted from the trolley car. It was about three o'clock, and a crowd about the tent showed that the performance was going on, or would soon start.
Professor Montelli's name was painted on a strip of canvas over the entrance to the tent, and on either side were painted pictures of dogs doing all sorts of queer tricks. One picture was that of a dog jumping off a high platform into a tank of water.
"Oh, if we could only make our monkey Jack do a trick like that!" whispered Janet to Teddy.
"Maybe we can," he whispered back, as they walked up to the tent. "But monkeys don't like water, I guess. We might get Skyrocket to do the jump. We'll try. But now let's see if Tip or Top are here in this show."
A man standing in a booth outside the tent was calling out in a loud voice:
"Step right up, ladies and gentlemen! Step right up, boys and girls! The big show is about to begin!"
He ruffled a bundle of red tickets in his hand and went on:
"Pay your dime and step right up. You'll see the world-famed aggregation of canine cut-ups! The funniest dogs you ever saw doing the funniest tricks! There are hound dogs, bulldogs, setter dogs, fox terriers, big dogs, little dogs, all good dogs, and some poodle dogs!"
Ted and Janet looked at each other.