"You boys had better rub each other's backs with liniment while I get your breakfast," Mother 'Larkey said, getting a bottle down from the cupboard.
"Did Danny get a ticket, too?" Celia Jane asked.
"No," said Chris.
"Why, where is Danny?" inquired his mother.
"I don't know," replied Chris. "He was asleep when we left. We tried to wake him but he wouldn't get up."
"Land's sakes!" exclaimed Mrs. Mullarkey. "He must still be upstairs, fast asleep! I heard you calling him and then heard you tiptoeing downstairs and out of the house and thought he was with you." She went to the foot of the stairs and called and the sleepy voice of Danny answered:
"All right. Is it time for the circus to unload?"
"It unloaded hours ago," she replied, "and Chris and Jerry have got back with each of them a ticket to the circus for helping carry water for the elephants."
"Why didn't you call me!" wailed Danny.
"Chris and Jerry called you," answered his mother. "I heard them and heard you answer. It's your own fault for being such a sleepyhead."