"Say, that's great!" yelled Archibald. "I didn't know my Calico Clown could do that!"
As for the Calico Clown himself, he did not know it either, and he felt very bad that he was made to do the giant's swing.
"Oh, how dizzy it makes me feel!" he said to himself. "I know I'm going to fall!"
He could feel the strings that tied him to the broomstick bar beginning to loosen. The Calico Clown shut his eyes, thinking that if he did not see the green grass whirling around beneath him he would not feel so dizzy. Around and around he went in the giant's swing.
And then, all of a sudden, something broke. It was the string holding the Calico Clown to the broomstick. And when the string broke off flew the Clown!
He flew off just when the trapeze was at the highest point, and away through the air sailed the red and yellow toy, as if he had been shot from a cannon.
"Oh, look at that!" cried Archibald, "Now you've gone and done it,
Pete!"
"He busted loose!" shouted Sam.
"If he falls and breaks, you've got to get me another," cried
Archibald.
"I'm going to fall, all right," thought the poor Clown to himself, "and I shouldn't be a bit surprised if I broke into bits!"