When one show was over another show began. The little Roly-Polys had to roll until their backs ached.
Just before the last performance was to be given Teddie began to cry and Freddie began to cry, and Humpty Dumpty began to cry, and they all declared that they could roll no more.
Then Papa and Mama Roly-Poly said they would come inside and that the twins could sell tickets. But the children cried more and more.
The manager came in and asked: “What can you do besides roll?”
Then Freddie and Teddie dried their eyes on their little pocket-handkerchiefs and said together:
“We can all tell fairy tales.”
So it was decided that the Roly-Poly family should sit in a row and tell fairy tales.
The tent filled with people, and the Roly-Poly family acted out the stories as they told them. The people liked the stories.
They went away and told other people about the Roly-Polys. More and more people came and the manager was very much pleased.