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CHAPTER XXIII
THE GYPSIES
Along the dusty road, on the way to town, walked Bunny Brown and his sister Sue. Hand in hand they toddled on, thinking of the fun they were going to have. They did not stop to think that they were running away to go to the circus, but that is just what they were doing. They had not asked their mother if they might go. They were pretty sure she would say they could not.
Bunny and Sue did not mean to do wrong—they just did not think. They only wanted to have a good time.
"Do you s'pose we'll really see elephants, Bunny?" asked Sue.
"'Course we will!"
"Like in the picture?"
"Sure!"
"With two tails, and his big teeth sticking
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