“Oh, they’ve got lions inside,” said Sue, opening her eyes wide.

“And tigers, too,” added Bunny in a wondering voice.  “But I want to see the elephants,” he added.

Pretty soon the big elephants came along, and behind them came camels and troops of horses.  There were also a number of small boys and some girls who were following the circus to the lot where the big tents were already being put up.

“Say, I just like to see them!” cried Bunny as the elephants swung past the “Ark,” which some of the country boys took to be one of the circus wagons broken down.  “Elephants are great!  I guess I’m going to be an elephant rider when I grow up, instead of a policeman,” he said, as he saw men sitting on the heads of the big elephants while they lumbered heavily along.

“It would be fun to ride on one of them,” said Sue.  “But come on, Uncle Tad.  Take us to the circus.  We want to see the parade.”

“We want to see everything,” added Bunny.

“The side shows and everything, and, please, Mother, may we have some peanuts and popcorn?”

“Oh, I don’t want you eating a lot of things that will make you ill,” said Mrs. Brown.

“I mean to feed to the elephants,” said Bunny.  “Elephants love popcorn and peanuts a lot.  Of course Sue and I could eat a little,” he added.

“Well, a very little,” agreed his mother.  “Elephants are not made ill so easily as little boys.  But get ready, if you are going.”

It did not take the children and Uncle Tad long to get ready.  As it was quite a distance from where the “Ark” was stationed beside the road to the circus ground, Uncle Tad hired Mr. Jason to drive him and the children over in the wagon.

“Oh, I see the tents!” cried Bunny, as they neared the ground.

“And I hear the music!” added Sue.  “But we mustn’t miss the parade.”

The children were just in time for this, and when they had seen the procession wind its way about the streets they went back to the big white tents.  Then the circus began.

What Bunny and Sue saw you can well imagine, for I think most of you have been to a circus, once at least.  There were the wild animals—­the lions and the tigers in their cages, the funny monkeys, the long-necked giraffes—­and then came the performance.  The clowns did funny tricks, the acrobats leaped high in the air, or fell into the springy nets.  All this the children saw, and they ate some popcorn and peanuts, but fed more than they ate to the elephants.

Uncle Tad seemed to enjoy himself, too, though, every once in a while he would lean over and say to Bunny and Sue: 

“Aren’t you tired?  Let’s go home!”

And the performance was not half through!  Bunny and Sue just looked at him and smiled.  They knew he was joking.

But the circus came to an end at last, and though they were sorry they had to leave, Bunny and Sue were, late in the afternoon, well on their way to their automobile camp again.  They talked of nothing but what they had seen, and every time they spoke of the show they liked it more and more.