I climbed up to the seat and sat by the driver.
He had an awful fancy hat and kind of tinsel stuff all over him. He had a
tassel on his hat and it kept blowing in my face. I didn't know what they
were waiting for, but pretty soon Jib Jab came out and he had a chain
around his leg. He looked pretty fierce and savage. A keeper was holding
the chain and Jib Jab pulled and jerked on it, so a lot of people who were
standing around backed away. The wagons were all around in a circle so I
could see him in his cage, and he winked at me while the keeper was fixing
the chain to one of the bars.
Oh boy, but that was some parade! The streets were all full of people and
the steam calliope made so much noise you'd think you were in a boiler
factory. Oh, didn't everybody stare at me! I guess my face was as red as
the fancy wagons, but what did I care? On one of the streets I saw Harry
Donnelle and the other fellows coming out of a candy store. They were all
wiping their mouths with their handkerchiefs and Westy was rubbing his
stomach with his hand, as if he had been eating something good. They just
aid that to jolly me, I bet.
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