“They sound like cats,” added Charlie.
It is a good thing Sue did not hear the boys talking like this, or she might have said something sharp. And I suppose she could have pointed out things that the boys did which she and the other girls did not like. She might not have liked to hear them sing, though they did not seem to think of this.
But Sue was not there and Bunny and his chums kept on teaching Wango to leap from the pile of boxes and sit beside Patter on the trapeze. After a while the monkey did it fairly well.
“Well, I guess this is enough for the first day,” said Bunny, after a while. “If we make Patter do tricks too much he’ll get tired.”
“Who’s going to take Wango back?” asked Charlie. “Mr. Winkler will want him, even if his sister doesn’t.”
“I’ll take him,” offered George. “I’m going that way.”
Wango was willing to be led along by George, and the boy and the monkey, followed by Harry and Charlie, went their ways, while Bunny started for the house with Patter.
As Bunny walked up the front steps Mrs. Brown came out with the ladies. They had been talking over the church fair, and had made most of their plans.
“That’s our trick dog,” said Sue to the ladies, as Bunny came along with Patter. “He does lots of tricks.”
Just then one of the ladies dropped a basket she was carrying. As quick as a flash Patter rushed forward, picked it up and then sat up, holding the basket in his mouth, as if he were waiting for something to be put into it.