But really I don't want to go," and he shook his
head very seriously.
"Oh, Uncle Tad!" cried Sue. "Don't you want to see the elephants?"
"Nope," and the old soldier kept on shaking his head "crossways," as
Bunny said.
"And don't you want to see the lions?"
"Nope."
"Nor the tigers?"
"Nope."
"Not even the camels and the monkeys and the men jumping over horses'
backs, nor the giraffes with their long necks--don't you want to see
_any_ of them?" Sue was talking faster and faster all the while.
Uncle Tad did not say anything, but a funny look came into his eyes, and
Bunny was almost sure the old soldier was laughing on one side of his
face at Mother Brown. Then Bunny cried:
"Oh, Sue! He's just fooling! He wants to go as much as we do!"
"Oh, Uncle Tad, I'm so glad!" cried Sue. "I love you--so--much!" and
again she hugged him as hard as she could, and kissed him too.
"Now I'll surely have to go," he chuckled.
Breakfast was soon over, and by that time Bunny and Sue were so excited
that they did not know what to do. Somehow they managed to get properly
dressed, and by that time other circus wagons came along.
These wagons were gilded and painted more gaily than the first that had
gone past.
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