loud noise
was heard in the tent.

"Baa-a-a-a-!" was what the Rabbit and the Monkey heard.

"Was that you?" asked the Monkey of the Rabbit.

"I was just going to ask if you had called," said the Rabbit.

"Baa-a-a-a-a!" came again.

"It sounds like the Lamb on Wheels," said the Candy Rabbit.

"Oh, it can't be," said the Monkey. "She'd come in to see us. Who do you
suppose it is?"

"Baa-a-a-a-a!" sounded again, and then a funny black nose, followed by a
head with curving horns on it, was thrust into the tent.

"This isn't the Lamb!" cried the Monkey.

"Indeed I'm not a Lamb!" was the answer. "I'm a Billy Goat! Baa-a!
Baa-a-a-a! What's going on here?" he bleated.

"We're going to have a show," said the Monkey. "I am going to be in it,
and so is the Candy Rabbit."

"Oh, no, the Candy Rabbit isn't!" said the Goat. "He isn't going to be
in the show. He's going to be in _me_, for I am going to eat him! I am
very fond of candy, and I've been looking for some for a long time. I
wondered what was in this tent, and now I know. I saw it from over in
the vacant lots where I live. Then I came over to peep in, when I saw
that the boys and girls had gone. Yes, indeed! I like sugar, and I'm
going to eat the Candy Rabbit!"

The bad Goat, with his sharp horns, walked into the tent and over toward
the box on which the Candy Rabbit sat near the Monkey on a Stick.

"Oh, yum-yum! How I love candy!" bleated the goat, wiggling his whiskers
and smacking his lips. "How I love sugar! I'm going to nibble some
sweetness off the ears of the Candy Rabbit."

"Oh, no you're not!" suddenly cried the Monkey.

"Why not? Who will stop me?" asked the bad Goat, stamping his foot.

"I will!" cried the brave Monkey on a Stick. "Here! You get out of this
tent!" and the Monkey stood straight up on his stick and looked with
both eyes at the goat.

[Illustration: Monkey Protects Candy Rabbit.
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CHAPTER X

MONKEY IN A SHOW

The bad Goat walked closer and closer to the Candy Rabbit. And that poor
Bunny toy was so frightened that he did not think of jumping out of the
way.

"I'm going to get sweetness off your ears," said the Goat, teasing.

"Oh, if you bite my ears I can't be in the show!" said the poor Rabbit.

The Monkey climbed higher and higher on his stick, after he had said he
would stop the Goat from eating the Candy Rabbit. And now, just as the
Goat was going to take the Bunny up from the box, the Monkey sudden