e barn, awakened and began to
bark loudly.

"Your parrot whistles just like one of us fellows," said Jimmy to Teddy.

"Yes, he does," admitted the Curlytop chap. "I have been trying to think
what tricks we could make him do in the circus. But the trouble is he
doesn't always talk or whistle when you want him to. And when you don't
want him to he nearly always does it."

"Well, anyway, he'll be nice to look at in the pet circus," said Jimmy.
"And in the regular circus they have animals and birds to look at, as
well as the kind that do tricks."

"Yes," agreed Teddy, "I guess so."

"I'm a crack-crack-cracker!" shrieked the parrot again, pulling himself
up to the top of his cage by means of his big beak, his black tongue
licking the bars as if he liked them.

"Well, if you're a crack-crack-cracker, here's a bun-bun-bunner for you,"
laughed Teddy, and out of the bag Mr. Martin had carried from the
bakeshop Teddy took several of the broken pieces and fed them to the
parrot.

Seeing this, Jack, the monkey, who was in his cage, set up a chattering
such as he must have learned in the jungle where he came from.

"What's the matter with him?" Jimmy wanted to know.

"I guess he wants some of the broken buns, too," said Teddy. "Here, you
give the monkey some, and I'll feed Skyrocket and Top. They want some,
too."

Soon such of Uncle Toby's pets as liked this form of food were having all
the buns they wanted. Mr. Nip, the parrot, tore his pieces of the buns
apart to get at the currants. But Jack, Top and Skyrocket ate theirs
down, currants and all, as if they liked every crumb.

The white rats and mice were not given any of the broken buns, as it was
thought they had had enough in the bakery, and Teddy knew it was not wise
to overfeed any pet animals.

Cats, dogs and other pets should not be fed too much, though of course
they should not be allowed to go hungry very long. When animals can run
around as they please, or when they live wild in the jungle or forest,
they never eat too much. They know when to stop. But often persons,
wishing to be kind, will give their dogs and cats too much meat, or other
rich food. And as these pets do not run around and exercise very much,
they cannot digest all they eat, so they often become ill. Teddy did not
want this to happen to any of his pets.

Another thing he was careful about was always to see that they had
plenty of fresh water. Nothing is more important than this. It is crue