“Patter!” suddenly called Bunny, on the left side. The dog gave a little bark, turned his head toward the boy but did not jump off the seat. And then, just as George had said, the slight pull on the left rein made Toby turn that way.
“Oh, he’s guiding the pony! He’s really driving!” cried Bunny.
“Now let me try!” begged Sue. So she called Patter’s name and the dog turned toward her, and also guided Toby in that direction.
“Now we have a real trick!” exclaimed George, and all the boys, as well as Sue, thought George was very smart to think of it. They made Toby and Patter do this new trick several times to make sure it would work all right. Then they let Patter get out of the cart and Bunny gave his two pets—the pony and the dog—some sweet crackers. For when animals do tricks they expect to be rewarded.
“I guess we’ve got almost enough tricks now to start the show,” said Bunny, a little later.
“But we have to have more than just a pony and a dog,” said Charlie.
“Sure!” agreed George. “We fellows will bring all our pets and all the animals and things we can get.”
“I can get some snakes,” offered Harry.
“They’ll be nice—I mean the people will like to look at them, but we’ll have to keep ’em in a cage,” said George. “I’ll get my alligator.”
After Toby was put back in the barn the boys roamed over the fields, taking Patter with them. And they talked about the coming show.