"Well, well! You children do the queerest things!" cried Grandpa Brown, when Mr. and Mrs. Kendall drove up to the farmhouse with Bunny Brown and his sister Sue in the wagon, Splash standing up in the back, and barking as though he had done it all. "Yes, you certainly do queer things! The idea of running off to a circus!"
"We—we didn't run—we walked," corrected Sue.
"And we saw the elephants, but I didn't water any," said Bunny.
"Oh, I was so worried about you!" cried Mrs. Brown, as she put her arms around Bunny and Sue. "Why did you do it?"
"We—we wanted to see the circus," said Bunny.
"And oh! we saw grandpa's horses!" cried Sue. "Two Gypsy mans had them!"
Every one looked surprised on hearing this.
"What's that? What's that?" cried Grandpa Brown. "You saw my two horses that the Gypsies borrowed, and didn't bring back?"
"Yes, we saw them," said Bunny. "Anyhow they looked like your horses, 'cause they weren't circus horses."
"What about this, Mr. Kendall?" asked Grandpa Brown of the kind farmer who had brought Bunny and Sue home.