"Bunny, can't I be a clown?" asked Ned.
"I'm going to be a wild animal trainer—make-believe!" exclaimed Sue, "and I'm going to be near the cage where the blue-striped tiger is. I'm going to make him roar."
Sallie Smith looked a bit scared.
"Oh, it's only make-believe," Sue explained.
"Yes, I know," said Sallie. "But—Oh, dear! a blue-striped tiger!"
"Oh, it's only our big dog Splash," went on Sue. "First I was only going to let Bunny stripe his half of Splash. But a half a blue-striped tiger would look funny, so I said he could make my half of Splash striped too. It will wash off, for it's only bluing, like mother puts on the clothes."
"And we're going to have a striped zebra, too," said Bunny.
"Oh, let's see it!" begged the three boys.
"It's only one of grandpa's calves," cried Sue, "but it really has green stripes on it. Bunny put them on, and they're green paint, and they won't come off 'till they wear off, grandpa says, and the calf ran away, and kicked Bunny over and——"
"Oh, Sue, don't tell everything!" cried Bunny. "You'll spoil the show."