"Oh, if I should fall now I would be broken to pieces!" said the Calico Clown to himself, for of course he dared not speak aloud now, and he dared not move by himself. "This is much higher than when I climbed the string in the toy store and caught fire at the gas jet. This is much higher than I ever was up before," sighed the Clown.
"Is he ready to do the giant's swing now?" asked Sam.
"In a minute," answered Pete.
Once the Clown was tied on, Pete began to swing the trapeze to and fro. Farther and farther swung the Calico Clown, and, as he moved to and fro, his cymbals clanged together. His arms and legs also jiggled and jumped, as they had done when Archibald pulled the strings.
Pete stood behind the trapeze and gave it little pushes with his hands every now and then. This made it swing farther and farther.
"Oh, it almost turned all the way over!" suddenly cried Archibald.
"That's what I want it to do," said Pete. "When the trapeze goes all the way over and around and around, that's the giant's swing I was telling you about. Watch!"
Archibald and Sam watched, and in another moment the trapeze swung up and over so hard that it turned around and around in a regular circle.
"Hurray! There she goes!" cried Pete.
"Oh, look!" exclaimed Sam.