"Are you going to have a show?" asked Madeline.
"Yes," answered Sidney. "We have a Clown and a Monkey, and they're always the funniest things in a circus. Don't you remember when we had the show with my Monkey in it?"
"Yes. And that was lots of fun," said Madeline. "But I know something better than a show."
"What?" Sidney asked.
"A party," went on Madeline. "Let's have a Toy Party. That will be better than a show, even a circus show."
Sidney wanted to know how it would be better, and Madeline said:
"'Cause you can have things to eat at a Toy Party, and you can't always have things at a circus, lessen you buy 'em; and maybe not then, 'cepting peanuts and lemonade. Let's have a Toy Party and we can get mother to give us real things to eat."
"Oh, that will be fun!" cried Sidney. "I should say so!" agreed
Herbert.
"And we'll ask Dorothy to bring her Sawdust Doll," said Madeline,
"Arnold can bring his Bold Tin Soldier, and Mirabell her Lamb on
Wheels. And I'll bring my Candy Rabbit."
"You did have a party for him," said Herbert.