"I'm third!" Nora and Celia Jane exclaimed together.
Jerry said nothing. He knew where his place would be,—the very tail end of the parade.
"Boom!" sang out Danny and again, "Boom!"
"What's that for?" asked Chris.
"It's the music so that the people will know the circus is about to begin," replied Danny. "They always have music for the parade an' everything. Darn Darner said so."
"Let's sing then," suggested Nora.
"Sing what?" queried Danny crossly, seeing a threat to diminish his importance in the circus.
"We might sing 'Heigho, the cherry-o,'" said Celia Jane.
"'I Went to the Animal Fair' will be much more appropriate," Nora suggested.
"All right, sing," consented Danny, "but the crowd's gettin' restless; I can hear them stampin' and whistlin'!"