d to Johnnie's great delight, when the clown saw Spot he
whistled.

Old Spot was all for dashing out into the street. But Farmer Green
wouldn't let him do that. Spot had to be content with barking at the
clown.

Then a man on a brisk little horse came down the street. He had a big
voice. And he kept using it all the time, shouting so everybody would
be sure to hear, "Look out for your bosses! The elephants are coming!"

And they came. The elephants came. When Spot saw their huge forms
plodding down Main Street he dived beneath the carryall again and
shivered until the last one had passed along.

The bays stirred restlessly as the elephants neared them. And the
younger of the pair snorted with fear.

Farmer Green talked to them in a soothing voice and told them there
wasn't any danger. But nobody thought of talking to old dog Spot. Every
one forgot about him. And he was just as badly frightened as the bays,
especially when a terrible tooting and screeching burst forth.

Spot jumped almost out of his skin.

"Sakes alive!" he howled. "What awful voices the elephants have!"

"The steam calliope!" Johnnie Green cried. "And that's the end of the
parade."

XXII

THE CIRCUS GROUNDS

The Green family ate their luncheon in the carryall on Main Street,
after the circus parade had passed. They didn't forget to give old dog
Spot something to eat out of the big basket that they had brought with
them from home. Although they hadn't expected him to go to the village
with them, there was more than enough food for everybody. Even Johnnie
Green's appetite wasn't equal to all the goodies that his mother had
provided.

People were already starting for the circus grounds on the outskirts of
the village. Johnnie Green noticed them uneasily.

"We don't want to be late for the show," he reminded his father.

"We'll get there in time," Farmer Green assured him.

And they did. Soon they followed the crowd through the village streets
until they came in sight of the "big top," the great tent with flags
flying above it, and smaller tents all around.

Farmer Green turned the bays into a yard near-by, where he unharnessed
and fed them. Then he tied one end of a rope to Spot's collar and
fastened the other end to a carriage wheel.

"There!" he said. "Now we're ready."

Old dog Spot didn't want to be left behind. He tugged at the rope and
whined.

"Be quiet!" Johnnie Green's father said to him. "You followed us to the
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