"Thank you, both," replied the Calico Clown. "It is a pleasure to do things for fellows such as you."
Then they rested quietly.
A little later Sidney opened the door of the closet to see if his Calico Clown was all right. There lay the yellow and red chap on his back, with one leg stuck straight up in the air, as if he had just kicked a football and then had fallen down.
"Why! Why!" exclaimed Sidney in surprise. "I didn't leave my Clown like THAT!"
"What has happened to him?" asked Madeline, who came to see if her
Candy Rabbit was dry.
"He has one leg stuck up in the air," went on her brother. "I left him lying flat on his back, so the broken leg I mended would get good and hard and stiff again. Now look at him!"
"It IS funny," agreed Madeline. "Didn't you move him?"
"I didn't touch him, and I don't believe anybody has come to this closet since I put him here, except you. Wouldn't it be funny, Madeline, if the Clown got up by himself to see if he could walk on his glued leg?"
"Yes, it would be very funny," agreed the little girl. "But maybe my
Rabbit helped him, or this Match-Safe Cat. Maybe they moved the
Clown!"
"How could they?" Sidney wanted to know.