The children were just in time for this, and when they had seen the procession wind its way about the streets they went back to the big white tents. Then the circus began.
What Bunny and Sue saw you can well imagine, for I think most of you have been to a circus, once at least. There were the wild animals—the lions and the tigers in their cages, the funny monkeys, the long-necked giraffes—and then came the performance. The clowns did funny tricks, the acrobats leaped high in the air, or fell into the springy nets. All this the children saw, and they ate some popcorn and peanuts, but fed more than they ate to the elephants.
Uncle Tad seemed to enjoy himself, too, though, every once in a while he would lean over and say to Bunny and Sue:
"Aren't you tired? Let's go home!"
And the performance was not half through! Bunny and Sue just looked at him and smiled. They knew he was joking.
But the circus came to an end at last, and though they were sorry they had to leave, Bunny and Sue were, late in the afternoon, well on their way to their automobile camp again. They talked of nothing but what they had seen, and every time they spoke of the show they liked it more and more.
"I wish we could go again to-night," said Bunny.
"It isn't good for little children to go to a circus at night," said Uncle Tad. "You've seen enough."
Of course Daddy Brown and Mother Brown had to hear all about it over the supper table, and they were glad the children had had such a good time. At night when they sat around a little campfire on the ground near the automobile, they could hear, in the distance, the music of the circus.
In the middle of the night Mr. and Mrs. Brown were awakened by hearing the noise of many persons rushing past on the road alongside of which their automobile was drawn up. Also the chugging of automobiles and the patter of horses' feet could be heard.