of the two peaches he wanted. Grandpa Brown
was busy picking peaches at a tree farther off, and did not see the
children. "Look out, Sue. I'm going to drop a peach
down to you," called
Bunny from up in the tree. "I'll look out," said Sue. "I'll hold up my
dress, and you can drop the peach in that. Then it won't squash on the
ground." She stood under the tree, looking
up toward her brother.
Bunny reached for
one of the two big, red
peaches, but he did not pick it. Something else happened. A branch on
which the little boy was standing suddenly broke, and down he fell. He
turned
over, almost like a clown doing a somersault in the circus, and the
next moment Bunny's two feet caught between two other branches, and
there he hung, upside down, his head pointing to the ground. CHAPTER II
LET'S HAVE A CIRCUS! "Bunny! Bunny! What are you doing?" cried Sue, as
she saw her brother hanging, head down, in such a funny way from
the peach tree branches. "Don't do that, Bunny! You'll get hurt!" "I--I
didn't mean to do it!" cried Bunny, and
his voice sounded very strange, coming from
his mouth ups
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