"Oh, I guess that won't happen," said Ben.
But in the night it began to rain very hard. It thundered and lightened, and Bunny and Sue woke up, frightened. Sue began to cry.
"Why, you mustn't cry just because it rains," said Mother Brown.
"But I'm afraid!" sobbed Sue. "And it will wash away our circus tents!" and she sat up in bed, and shivered every time it thundered. "Oh, Mother! It will wash away all the nice circus tents!"
CHAPTER XIX
HARD WORK
Mrs. Brown did not quite understand what Sue said about the storm washing away the circus tents. So she asked the little girl to explain.
"Why, Bunker Blue said," Sue told her mother, "that if the storm was too hard, the brook would get full of water, and wash away our circus tents. And I don't want that, 'cause me and Bunny is going to do an act, only it's a secret and I can't tell you. Only—Oh, dear!" cried Sue, as she saw a very bright flash of lightning. "It's going to bang again!"
"But you musn't be afraid of the storm," said Mother Brown. "See, Bunny isn't afraid!"