Jugglers they were, men with trained horses, trick ponies, trained dogs and trained elephants. Some elephants played a ball game, others turned somersaults. Clowns jumped over their backs, and through paper hoops.
"Look here!" Nan would exclaim.
"No, see over there!" Bert would cry.
"Oh, mamma, a man jumped from the top of the tent right into a big fish net!" exclaimed Freddie.
"Look at the monkey riding on the dog's back," Flossie shouted.
"And see that man jump off a horse and jump on him again backwards!" called Tom Mason.
"Oh, but look at the cute ponies," sighed Mabel Herold.
There was so much to see and talk about that the children's eyes must have been tired, and their necks aching before the circus was over.
At last it came to an end with the exciting chariot races, and the crowd began to leave the big tent.
"Now keep close together, children," warned Mrs. Bobbsey. "You must not get lost in this crowd."