"Oh, look! There's a lion in a cage!" cried Freddie, suddenly.
Just then the big beast sent out a roar that seemed to shake the very ground, and he threw himself against the bars of his cage.
"Oh, he's going to get out! He's going to get out!" came the cry and the people rushed back away from the street.
"No danger! No danger!" shouted the circus men.
"Hold on to me, Dinah!" cried Freddie. "Hold on to me. I won't let him bite you!"
More cages of wild animals rumbled past, but most of the beasts slept peacefully. Only the lion seemed to want to get out, and far down the street his roar could be heard.
"He's a new lion," said someone in the crowd. "He isn't used to being shut up, and he is trying to get out."
"Well, I hope he done stays shut up," murmured Dinah.
The parade came to an end at last, with the steam piano bringing up in the rear of the procession. The man played puffy little tunes, with a tooting chorus that made one want to dance.
[Illustration: THEN CAME A HERD OF ELEPHANTS.]