Then Papa Roly-Poly told them all about it.
He said he had seen an advertisement in a paper for a fat family to go with a circus.
“And you know we are fat, my dears!” he said proudly.
He and Mama had gone to see the circus manager.
The manager had said, “You are truly the fattest people I have ever seen. You may travel with us for a year.”
“Hurrah!” cried the little Roly-Polys, waving their spoons in the air.
“Now,” said Papa Roly-Poly, “the first thing to do is to sell the house.”
So they wrote a big sign, “For Sale,” and put it on the front door.