Bunny and Susan listened. Sure enough, they heard the "rat-a-tat," of a drum. Soon they heard the Lion roar in his cage. They all went out as fast as they could.
There came the Circus Cotton-Tails on parade!
Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes danced in front beating a drum.
Bunny and Susan and Grandpa Grumbles cried, "Hurrah, hurrah, for the
Big Parade!"
Grandpa Grumbles waved his green cotton umbrella and shouted, "Have you a merry-go-round?"
The Circus Cotton-Tails stood still. They cried "Hurrah, Bunny! Hurrah,
Susan! Of course we have a merry-go-round."
Then the real little Circus Parade stopped. The Circus Cotton-Tails cried, "Hurry, hurry! Help us unpack."
They went to one of the wagons and began to unpack the merry-go-round.
Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes helped and Bunny and Susan helped too.
Grandpa Grumbles cried,
"One for the money, ten for the show,
Put up the tent, and away we go."
He forgot to grumble. He had never been so happy before in all big life.