No one except themselves knew what Bunny and his sister Sue were going to do. The children had kept their secret well. They had asked their grandma for two old bed sheets, and she had let them take the white pieces of cloth. Bunny and Sue were making something in the harness room of the barn, and they kept the door shut so no one could look in.
It was the night before the circus, and Bunny and Sue had gone to bed. They were almost asleep when, in the next room, they heard their mother call:
"Oh, Walter!" exclaimed Mrs. Brown to her husband. "There's something under my bed. I'm sure it's one of the animals from the boys' circus! Do look and see what it is!"
"Oh, it can't be anything," said Mr. Brown. "All the animals are shut up in the tent. Besides, they are only make-believe animals, anyhow."
"Well, I'm sure something is under my bed!" said Mrs. Brown. "I heard it move. Please look!"
Mr. Brown looked. Sue and Bunny wondered what it was their papa would find. They heard him say:
"Oh, it's nothing but a piece of white paper. You heard it rattle in the wind. Come and see for yourself."
Bunny and Sue heard their mother cross the room. She stooped down to look under the bed. Then she cried:
"Oh, Walter! It's alive! It isn't paper at all. It's coming out!"
"Why, so it is!" said Mr. Brown. "I wonder what—?"