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CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I UNCLE TOBY'S LETTER 1
II AN AUTOMOBILE RIDE 14
III THE QUEER OLD LADY 28
IV UNCLE TOBY'S PETS 40
V TIP AND TOP 52
VI WHERE IS TIP? 65
VII A FUZZY BURGLAR 79
VIII SLIDER GOES SLIDING 92
IX MRS. JOHNSON'S BABY 104
X MR. CAPPER'S BUNS 116
XI TOP ACTS STRANGELY 128
XII MR. NIP'S ALARM 141
XIII THE HAND-ORGAN MAN 154
XIV TURNOVER AND SKYROCKET 166
XV PLANNING THE CIRCUS 182
XVI TOP IS GONE 193
XVII THE DOG SHOW 203
XVIII THE BLACK POODLES 212
XIX A HAPPY REUNION 221
XX THE CURLYTOPS' CIRCUS 231
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
ONE OF THE TRICKS WAS TO RUN AND JUMP THROUGH A PAPER HOOP.
"The Curlytops and Their Pets." Page 240
THE SECOND DOG BEGAN TURNING SOMERSAULTS.
"The Curlytops and Their Pets." Page 50
SLIDER WENT SLIDING DOWN THE SMOOTH SLANTING BOARD.
"The Curlytops and Their Pets." Page 102
JACK MADE ONE LEAP AND LANDED SAFELY IN TEDDY'S ARMS.
"The Curlytops and Their Pets." Page 174
THE CURLYTOPS AND THEIR PETS
CHAPTER I
UNCLE TOBY'S LETTER
"What you going to put on your ship, Ted?"
"Oh, swords and guns and gunpowder and soldiers. What you going to load
on your ship, Jan?"
"Oranges and lemons and pineapples," answered the little girl, who was
playing with her brother at sailing boats in the brook that ran back of
the house. "And maybe I'll have gold and diamonds and chocolate cake on
my ship, Teddy," went on Janet Martin.
"If you do I'll be a pirate and sink your ship! Oh, Jan, let's play that!
I'll be a pirate!"
Teddy Martin jumped up so suddenly from the bank of the brook, where he
was loading his ship with what he called "swor
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