CHAPTER V
Early next morning Grandpa Grimes went home.
He went home before the children had come down to breakfast.
Mama Roly-Poly called out, “Do think about it. Go with us, Grandpa.”
Papa Roly-Poly said, “Please go with us, Grandpa.”
Grandpa shook his umbrella very fiercely and said:
“The country is good enough for me, plenty good enough for me.”
Freddie and Teddie called down-stairs, “Who is talking outside the window?”
Humpty Dumpty called, “May I go somewhere? May I go with you?”
Mama Roly-Poly called, “Dress quickly, children. We have great news.”
The little Roly-Polys were dressed in a twinkling and they were so excited at the breakfast table that they could not eat a mouthful.
Then Papa Roly-Poly said, “Have you ever heard of a circus?”
“We have,” shouted the Roly-Polys.
Mama Roly-Poly said, “Would you like to belong to a circus?”
“We would,” shouted the Roly-Polys. “When may we go?”
Then Papa Roly-Poly told them all about it.
He said he had seen an advertisement in a paper for a fat family to go with a circus.
“And you know we are fat, my dears!” he said proudly.
He and Mama had gone to see the circus manager.
The manager had said, “You are truly the fattest people I have ever seen. You may travel with us for a year.”
“Hurrah!” cried the little Roly-Polys, waving their spoons in the air.
“Now,” said Papa Roly-Poly, “the first thing to do is to sell the house.”
So they wrote a big sign, “For Sale,” and put it on the front door.
“I wonder who will buy our house?” said Freddie.
“I wonder how soon we can go,” said Teddie.
Humpty Dumpty was so happy that he turned three somersaults.
“Don’t fall again,” said Mama Roly-Poly. “If you hurt yourself it will spoil everything.”
Then Humpty Dumpty climbed up on the sofa and was as still as a mouse.
“What does Grandpa think about our going?” asked Freddie.
Papa Roly-Poly said, “Grandpa does not think we shall like the circus.”
The Roly-Polys, you must know,Like to sit up in a row,So I’ve often heard them call,“Oh, Humpty Dumpty, do not fall!”
The Roly-Polys, you must know,Like to sit up in a row,So I’ve often heard them call,“Oh, Humpty Dumpty, do not fall!”
The Roly-Polys, you must know,Like to sit up in a row,So I’ve often heard them call,“Oh, Humpty Dumpty, do not fall!”
The Roly-Polys, you must know,Like to sit up in a row,So I’ve often heard them call,“Oh, Humpty Dumpty, do not fall!”
The Roly-Polys, you must know,
Like to sit up in a row,
So I’ve often heard them call,
“Oh, Humpty Dumpty, do not fall!”