“But we’ll be going back home ourselves pretty soon,” said Daddy Brown.

Bunker Blue and Ben Hall shook hands and said they hoped they would see each other again.

“And to think,” said Bunker, “that you were from a circus all the time, and never told us!  But I sort of thought you were, for you knew so much about ropes, and putting up tents, making tricks and acts and pretend wild animals, and all that.”

“Yes,” answered Ben with a laugh, “sometimes it was pretty hard not to do some of the other tricks I had learned in the circus.  I didn’t want you to find out about me, but the secret came out, anyhow.”

“Just like ours about the scarecrow and the pumpkin!” laughed Bunny Brown.  “Wasn’t ours a good secret?”

“It certainly was!” cried Mother Brown.

That night Ben Hall said good-bye to Bunny, Sue and all the others, and went back to the real circus with Mr. Hooper.

“I wonder if we’ll ever see him again?” asked Bunny, a little sadly.

“Perhaps you will,” said his father.

The vacation of Bunny and Sue, on grandpa’s farm was at an end.  In a few days they were to go back to their home, near the ocean.

“Oh, but we have had such fun here; haven’t we, Bunny?” cried Sue.

“Indeed we have,” he said.  “Jolly good fun!”

“I wonder what we’ll do next?” Sue asked.

“I don’t know,” answered her brother.

But, as I happen to know, I’ll tell you.  Bunny and Sue went on another journey, and you may read all about it in the next book in this series, which will be named:  “Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Aunt Lu’s City Home.”

In that book I’ll tell you all the funny things the little boy and girl saw, and did, when they were in the big city of New York.  It was quite different from being on grandpa’s farm in the country.

One morning, about two weeks after the play-circus had been given, and Ben Hall had gone back to the real show, to learn to be a clown, Bunker Blue brought the great big automobile up to the farmhouse.

“All aboard!” cried Bunker.  “All aboard for Bellemere and Sandport Bay!  Come on, Bunny and Sue!”

Into the automobile, that was like a little house on wheels, climbed Bunny and Sue.  Mr. and Mrs. Brown also got in.  Bunker sat on the front seat to steer.  There were good things to eat in the automobile, and the little beds were all made up, with freshly ironed sheets, so when night came, everyone would have a good sleep.  Splash sat up on the front seat with Bunker.

“Good-bye!  Good-bye!” called Bunny and Sue, waving their hands out of a window.

“Good-bye!” answered grandma and Grandpa Brown.

“Good-bye!” called the hired man.

“Bow-wow!” barked Splash.

“Chug-chug!” went the automobile, and, after a safe and pleasant journey, Bunny Brown and his sister Sue safely reached home, ready for new fun and fresh adventures which they had in plenty.  And so we will all say good-bye to them.