“I wish I had him in my house,” remarked Mrs. Nelson, with a laugh. “He could dust my furniture. I’ve been so busy since I started working for the church fair that I haven’t had time to do much dusting.”
By this time Patter thought he had held the basket long enough. He dropped down to all four feet and walked over to Bunny with the basket in his mouth, as if asking what he should do with it.
“It’s my basket, if you please, Patter,” said Mrs. Jones. “I’ll take it now, but I’ll get you another in which to take tickets at the door when we have our fair. Give me the basket please.”
As if he understood, Patter walked over and let Mrs. Jones take the basket from his mouth.
And then, while Bunny and Sue romped with their trick dog, the ladies talked to Mrs. Brown about having Patter take tickets at the fair.
CHAPTER XI
PATTER AND THE KITTEN
There is a great deal of work to be done whenever a church fair is held. Bunny and Sue did not know this, but it is true. Mrs. Brown and her friends were kept very busy, and when Bunny asked when he and Sue could take Patter to the opera house, where the fair was to be held, and make him stand up and hold the ticket basket, Mrs. Brown said:
“It will not be until next week.”
“Well, then I’m going to keep on teaching Patter and Wango to swing in the trapeze,” said Bunny.
“Will you have the dog and the monkey do tricks at the church fair, Mother?” Sue wanted to know.