"Oh, papa, what is it?" asked Flossie, wondering whether she was going
to cry.
"I don't know, my dear. Nothing serious, I guess. The engineer must
have put the brakes on too quickly. I'll look out and see."
Knowing that his children were safe, Mr. Bobbsey put them down and led
them back to where his wife was anxiously waiting.
"They're all right," he called. "No one seems to be hurt."
Bert Bobbsey looked out of the window. Though darkness had fallen there
seemed to be many lights up ahead of the stopped train. And in the
light Bert could see some camels, an elephant or two, a number of
horses, and cages containing lions and tigers strung out along the
track.
"Why - why, what's this - a circus?" he asked. "Look, Nan! See
those monkeys!"
"Why, it is a circus - and the train must have been wrecked!"
exclaimed his sister. "Oh mamma, what can it be?"
A brakeman came into the car where the Bobbseys were.
"There's no danger," he said. "Please keep your seats. A circus train
that was running ahead of us got off the track, and some of the animals
are loose. Our train nearly ran into an elephant, and that's why the
engineer had to stop so suddenly. We will go on I soon."
"A circus, eh?" said Mr. Bobbsey. "Well, well! This is an adventure,
children. We've run into a circus train! Let's watch them catch the
animals."
CHAPTER II
SNOOP IS GONE
"PAPA, do you think a tiger would come in here?" asked Freddie,
remembering all the stories of wild animals he had heard in his four
years.
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