Early the next morning Bunny and Sue jumped out of bed, and ran down stairs in their bath robes. Out into the kitchen they hurried, where they could hear their grandmother singing.
"Where is he?" asked Bunny, eagerly.
"Did he have his breakfast?" Sue wanted to know.
"Who?" asked Grandma Brown. "What are you children talking about? And why aren't you dressed?"
"We just got up," Bunny explained, "and we came down stairs right away. Where is Ben Hall?"
"Did he go away?" asked Sue, and she looked all around the kitchen.
"Bless your hearts!" exclaimed Grandma Brown. "You mean the strange, hungry boy, who came last night? Oh, he's up long ago!"
"Did he go away?" asked Sue.
"I hope he didn't," cried Bunny. "I like him, and I hope he'll stay here and play with us. He could help us with the circus."
"Did he go away?" asked Sue again, anxiously.