This was made of wood with what seemed to be real bark on it, and had limbs, branches, and twigs that seemed very natural.  But Mr. Treadwell explained that it was all artificial, like the palms you see in some hotels and moving picture theaters.

While Bunny and Sue waited, Mr. Brown talked with the man who had charge of the scenery, and in a little while the children’s father said he would buy the set, which was offered at a low price.

“And can we give our show with it?” Bunny wanted to know when told what his father had done.

“Yes,” said Mr. Brown.  “It will be delivered in Bellemere day after to-morrow, and stored away in our garage until you decide when and where you are going to give your show.  There is a lot to be done before your first performance, children.  I guess you know that, from the work you had getting up your circus.”

“We’ll have a lot of fun!” declared Bunny, not thinking of the hard work.  “When we get back home I’ll tell the boys and girls about the scenery and they can come over to see it.  Then we’ll begin to practice for the show play.”

“You’ll have to have a play written for you, bringing in all the scenery I’ve bought,” said Mr. Brown.

“I guess I can manage that part for them,” suggested Mr. Treadwell.  “I have written two or three little plays, and I guess I can do one more.  I’ll write out a little sketch and have parts to fit as many boys and girls as Bunny and Sue can get to act.”

“Oh, I can get a lot of ’em!” cried Bunny.  “And will you make it so Sue can pump water and I can fall in the trough and get all wet?”

“It’s pretty cold to fall into the water,” said the actor.  “But we’ll talk of that later.”

You can imagine how excited the little friends of Bunny Brown and his sister Sue were when they heard that Mr. Brown had bought some real scenery for the children’s play.  As soon as the house, the barn, the meadow, the barnyard, and the orchard had been brought to the garage a crowd of boys and girls was on hand to look at them.

Sue led a number of her girl friends up in the loft to look over the painted canvas, and Bunny took charge of a throng of boys.  Sue was explaining about the make-believe tree, that once had had a cocoanut on it, when suddenly there came a cry of pain from behind the painted canvas barn.

“Oh!  Oh!” exclaimed a voice.  “I’m stuck fast!”

“That’s Bunny!” shouted Sue.  “What’s the matter?” she asked.

“Bunny tried to do a trick and he’s caught!” answered Charlie Star.  “You’d better go and get your father or mother!”

CHAPTER X

GETTING READY

Sue Brown was too curious when she heard Charlie say this to do as she had been told.

“Oh, Bunny!” she called out, as she heard her brother’s cries, “what’s the matter, and where are you?”

“He’s stuck in the watering trough,” explained Harry Bentley.  “Come on back here and you can see him!”