jacket, and a red hat.
"Oh, look at the monkey," cried the children. The lions jumped off their boxes and the lion tamer dropped his chair. The clowns came rushing out of the dressing room. With one leap, the monkey landed on the lemonade table and began cracking peanuts. Betty Jane was frightened and ran to Miss Grey.
"There must be an organ-grinder somewhere," said Miss Grey.
The children were so excited that they forgot all about the circus, but the monkey sat quietly eating peanuts as fast as he could.
Miss Grey looked out of the window and, sure enough, there was an organ-grinder, running through the schoolyard gate. He was shouting, "My monkey! My monkey! I lose my monkey!"
"Your monkey is in here," called Miss Grey. "Come in and get him."
The organ-grinder came running into the classroom. He was hot and angry. "Oh," he cried, "you bad, bad monkey! You run-a away, and now you eat-a da peanuts. I'll beat you."
The monkey jumped from the table and hid in the corner.
"Oh, don't let him beat the monkey, Miss Grey," said Betsy.
"Wouldn't you like to have a glass of lemonade?" Miss Grey asked the organ-grinder.
"Lemonade!" said the organ-grinder. "Yes, thank you very much. I like lemonade."
Miss Grey poured out a glass of lemonade and handed it to him. Then she poured some into the monkey's tin cup and he drank every drop.
"He won't beat the monkey, will he, Miss Grey?" Betsy pleaded.
"No," said the organ-grinder, "I no beat-a da
monkey. All same, he very bad monk, to run away." The organ-grinder smiled and showed his white teeth. "You like me to play some music?" he asked.
"Oh, yes!" said the children.
The organ-grinder began to turn the handle on the organ. As he did so, the monkey came out of the corner and began to dance.
How the children shouted and clapped their hands. When the music was over, the monkey tipped his tiny red hat. Ellen gave him some peanuts and he ran up to the organ-grinder's shoulder.
"Good-bye," said the organ-grinder, as he left the room. "Thank you very much for catch my monkey and give me lemonade."
"Good-bye," the children called.
"Well," said Kenny, "I guess the circus is over."
Miss Foster's children passed out of the room, while the first-graders took off their costumes. When they were all in their seats, Billy said, "It was a real circus, wasn't it, Miss Grey?"
"It certainly was," replied Miss Grey.
Peter was still holding his bunch of balloons. "I sold a balloon," he said. "Miss Foster gave me a penny for it."
10 Betsy Goes to the Farm and Tells Old Ned Some News
The last day of school came on a warm day in June. Betsy was promoted, so were Ellen and Billy, Christopher, Betty Jane, and Mary Lou. Kenny was promoted number one of the boys and Betsy was number one of the girls. All the children felt very big, now that they were in the second grade.
Father had promised Betsy a big surprise if
she was promoted. Betsy could hardly wait for Father to come home. At last she heard his key in the front door. Betsy ran to greet him. "Father," she called, "I'm promoted. I was number one of the girls. I'm in the second grade."
Father picked up his little girl and kissed her. "Hurrah for Betsy!" he cried.
"Have you got my surprise?" asked Betsy.
"Yes, indeed!" replied Father, as he set Betsy down.
Betsy looked in Father's pockets, but there was no package. "Where is it?" she asked.
Father laughed. "Oh, this surprise hasn't any shape," said Father. Betsy and Father always called packages shapes. "But it is a very nice surprise," he said. "You will have to wait until tomorrow morning for it."
In the morning, Father and Mother and Betsy were leaving for Grandfather's farm. Father was driving them to the farm, where Betsy and Mother would stay through the long summer. Father would come every Friday and stay until Sunday.
Betsy loved the farm. There was a pony to ride and trees to climb and a great big barn to play in. There was Old Ned, who took her to the village when he went
"Oh, look at the monkey," cried the children. The lions jumped off their boxes and the lion tamer dropped his chair. The clowns came rushing out of the dressing room. With one leap, the monkey landed on the lemonade table and began cracking peanuts. Betty Jane was frightened and ran to Miss Grey.
"There must be an organ-grinder somewhere," said Miss Grey.
The children were so excited that they forgot all about the circus, but the monkey sat quietly eating peanuts as fast as he could.
Miss Grey looked out of the window and, sure enough, there was an organ-grinder, running through the schoolyard gate. He was shouting, "My monkey! My monkey! I lose my monkey!"
"Your monkey is in here," called Miss Grey. "Come in and get him."
The organ-grinder came running into the classroom. He was hot and angry. "Oh," he cried, "you bad, bad monkey! You run-a away, and now you eat-a da peanuts. I'll beat you."
The monkey jumped from the table and hid in the corner.
"Oh, don't let him beat the monkey, Miss Grey," said Betsy.
"Wouldn't you like to have a glass of lemonade?" Miss Grey asked the organ-grinder.
"Lemonade!" said the organ-grinder. "Yes, thank you very much. I like lemonade."
Miss Grey poured out a glass of lemonade and handed it to him. Then she poured some into the monkey's tin cup and he drank every drop.
"He won't beat the monkey, will he, Miss Grey?" Betsy pleaded.
"No," said the organ-grinder, "I no beat-a da
monkey. All same, he very bad monk, to run away." The organ-grinder smiled and showed his white teeth. "You like me to play some music?" he asked.
"Oh, yes!" said the children.
The organ-grinder began to turn the handle on the organ. As he did so, the monkey came out of the corner and began to dance.
How the children shouted and clapped their hands. When the music was over, the monkey tipped his tiny red hat. Ellen gave him some peanuts and he ran up to the organ-grinder's shoulder.
"Good-bye," said the organ-grinder, as he left the room. "Thank you very much for catch my monkey and give me lemonade."
"Good-bye," the children called.
"Well," said Kenny, "I guess the circus is over."
Miss Foster's children passed out of the room, while the first-graders took off their costumes. When they were all in their seats, Billy said, "It was a real circus, wasn't it, Miss Grey?"
"It certainly was," replied Miss Grey.
Peter was still holding his bunch of balloons. "I sold a balloon," he said. "Miss Foster gave me a penny for it."
10 Betsy Goes to the Farm and Tells Old Ned Some News
The last day of school came on a warm day in June. Betsy was promoted, so were Ellen and Billy, Christopher, Betty Jane, and Mary Lou. Kenny was promoted number one of the boys and Betsy was number one of the girls. All the children felt very big, now that they were in the second grade.
Father had promised Betsy a big surprise if
she was promoted. Betsy could hardly wait for Father to come home. At last she heard his key in the front door. Betsy ran to greet him. "Father," she called, "I'm promoted. I was number one of the girls. I'm in the second grade."
Father picked up his little girl and kissed her. "Hurrah for Betsy!" he cried.
"Have you got my surprise?" asked Betsy.
"Yes, indeed!" replied Father, as he set Betsy down.
Betsy looked in Father's pockets, but there was no package. "Where is it?" she asked.
Father laughed. "Oh, this surprise hasn't any shape," said Father. Betsy and Father always called packages shapes. "But it is a very nice surprise," he said. "You will have to wait until tomorrow morning for it."
In the morning, Father and Mother and Betsy were leaving for Grandfather's farm. Father was driving them to the farm, where Betsy and Mother would stay through the long summer. Father would come every Friday and stay until Sunday.
Betsy loved the farm. There was a pony to ride and trees to climb and a great big barn to play in. There was Old Ned, who took her to the village when he went
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