“Not in a real circus act?” demanded Jane, impressed.
“Just you wait and see,” laughed Veve. “Connie and I are going to have one of the most important parts in the show!”
For the next hour, everyone tried to talk at once. Veve and Connie told the Brownies about their exciting experiences with the circus, while the Brownies in turn related many interesting camp incidents.
“Oh, I’d love to go camping, especially at a Brownie Scout camp,” declared Eva with an envious sigh. “It would be lots more fun than traveling all summer with a circus.”
Taking Jane and Sunny aside, she asked them a multitude of questions about the Brownie organization.
Meanwhile, Veve and Connie were catching up on events which had occurred since they had been carried away in the circus box car.
“When I couldn’t find you girls anywhere in Shady Hollow, I was nearly frantic,” Miss Gordon related. “First, I went to the hardware store, but the man there had no idea where you had gone.”
“Then what did you do?” Veve asked, enjoying every detail of the story.
“We searched the town high and low. Not only the Brownies but the Girl Scouts helped. However, it wasn’t until late in the day that the water bucket was found along the railroad tracks.”