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yesterday."
"Go on," said Dick, as Jo stopped, out of breath.
"Well, I didn't want to go back home again straight away," said Jo. "So I thought I'd pay a visit to my uncle
— he's my mother's brother — and I knew he was camping here so I hitch-hiked all the way yesterday, and came late last night."
"Well, I'm blessed," said Julian. "And who is your uncle, may I ask?"
"Oh Alfredo — the Fire-Eater," was Jo's astonishing reply. "Didn't you know? Oh, Dick! Oh, Julian! Can I stay here while you're here? Do, DO say I can! You haven't forgotten me, have you?"
"Of course not," said Dick, thinking that nobody could possibly forget this wild little gypsy girl, with her mad ways and her staunch affection.
Then for the first time Jo realized that something was going on! What was this crowd doing round Julian and Dick?
She looked round, and immediately sensed that the fair people were not friendly to the two boys — although the main expression on their faces now was one of astonishment!
How did Jo know these boys? they wondered. How was it she was so very friendly with them? They were puzzled and suspicious.
"Uncle Alfredo, where are you?" demanded Jo, looking all round. "Oh, there you are! Uncle, these are my very best friends — and so are the girls too, wherever they are. I'll tell you all about them, and how nice they were to me! I'll tell everybody!"
"Well," said Julian, feeling rather embarrassed at what Jo might reveal, "well, you tell them, Jo, and I'll just pop back and break the news to George and Anne. They will be surprised to find you are here — and that Alfredo is your uncle!"
The two boys and Timmy turned to go. The little crowd opened to let them pass. It closed up again round the excited Jo, whose high voice the boys could hear all the way across the field.
"Well, well, well!" said Dick, as they got through the hedge. "What an astonishing thing! I couldn't believe my eyes when young Jo appeared, could you? I hope George won't mind. She was always rather jealous of Jo and the things she could do."
The two girls were amazed at the boys' news. George was not too pleased. She preferred Jo at a distance rather than near. She liked and admired her but rather unwillingly. Jo was too like George herself for George to give her complete friendliness!
"Well, fancy Jo , Jo herself being here!" said Anne, smiling. "Oh, Julian — it was a good thing she arrived when she did! I don't like that bit about Bufflo cracking his whip at you. He might have made you bald on the top!"
"Oh, it was only a few hairs," said Julian. "But it gave me quite a shock. And I think it gave the fair people a shock too when Jo arrived like a little hurricane, yelling at the top of her voice, and flinging herself on poor old Dick. She almost knocked him over!"
"She's not a bad kid," said Dick, "but she never stops to think. I wonder if the people she stays with know where she's gone. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if she just disappeared without a word."
"Like the two scientists," said Julian, with a grin. "Gosh, I can't get over it! Jo was the very last person I would expect here."
"Well, not really, if you think a bit," said Anne. "Her father is a gypsy, isn't he — and her mother was in a circus, she told us so. She trained dogs, don't you remember, Julian? So it's quite natural for Jo to have relations like the fair people. But just fancy having a fire-eater for an uncle!"
"Yes — I'd forgotten that Jo's mother was in a circus," said Julian. "I expect she's got peculiar relations all over the country! I wonder what she's telling them about us."
"She's singing Dick's praises anyway," said George. "She always thought the world of Dick. Perhaps the fair people won't be quite so unfriendly if they know that Jo is fond of us."
"Well, we're in a bit of a fix," said Dick. "We can't stay in this field, or the farmer will be after us again —
and I can't see the fair people lending us their horses — and without horses we can't
"Go on," said Dick, as Jo stopped, out of breath.
"Well, I didn't want to go back home again straight away," said Jo. "So I thought I'd pay a visit to my uncle
— he's my mother's brother — and I knew he was camping here so I hitch-hiked all the way yesterday, and came late last night."
"Well, I'm blessed," said Julian. "And who is your uncle, may I ask?"
"Oh Alfredo — the Fire-Eater," was Jo's astonishing reply. "Didn't you know? Oh, Dick! Oh, Julian! Can I stay here while you're here? Do, DO say I can! You haven't forgotten me, have you?"
"Of course not," said Dick, thinking that nobody could possibly forget this wild little gypsy girl, with her mad ways and her staunch affection.
Then for the first time Jo realized that something was going on! What was this crowd doing round Julian and Dick?
She looked round, and immediately sensed that the fair people were not friendly to the two boys — although the main expression on their faces now was one of astonishment!
How did Jo know these boys? they wondered. How was it she was so very friendly with them? They were puzzled and suspicious.
"Uncle Alfredo, where are you?" demanded Jo, looking all round. "Oh, there you are! Uncle, these are my very best friends — and so are the girls too, wherever they are. I'll tell you all about them, and how nice they were to me! I'll tell everybody!"
"Well," said Julian, feeling rather embarrassed at what Jo might reveal, "well, you tell them, Jo, and I'll just pop back and break the news to George and Anne. They will be surprised to find you are here — and that Alfredo is your uncle!"
The two boys and Timmy turned to go. The little crowd opened to let them pass. It closed up again round the excited Jo, whose high voice the boys could hear all the way across the field.
"Well, well, well!" said Dick, as they got through the hedge. "What an astonishing thing! I couldn't believe my eyes when young Jo appeared, could you? I hope George won't mind. She was always rather jealous of Jo and the things she could do."
The two girls were amazed at the boys' news. George was not too pleased. She preferred Jo at a distance rather than near. She liked and admired her but rather unwillingly. Jo was too like George herself for George to give her complete friendliness!
"Well, fancy Jo , Jo herself being here!" said Anne, smiling. "Oh, Julian — it was a good thing she arrived when she did! I don't like that bit about Bufflo cracking his whip at you. He might have made you bald on the top!"
"Oh, it was only a few hairs," said Julian. "But it gave me quite a shock. And I think it gave the fair people a shock too when Jo arrived like a little hurricane, yelling at the top of her voice, and flinging herself on poor old Dick. She almost knocked him over!"
"She's not a bad kid," said Dick, "but she never stops to think. I wonder if the people she stays with know where she's gone. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if she just disappeared without a word."
"Like the two scientists," said Julian, with a grin. "Gosh, I can't get over it! Jo was the very last person I would expect here."
"Well, not really, if you think a bit," said Anne. "Her father is a gypsy, isn't he — and her mother was in a circus, she told us so. She trained dogs, don't you remember, Julian? So it's quite natural for Jo to have relations like the fair people. But just fancy having a fire-eater for an uncle!"
"Yes — I'd forgotten that Jo's mother was in a circus," said Julian. "I expect she's got peculiar relations all over the country! I wonder what she's telling them about us."
"She's singing Dick's praises anyway," said George. "She always thought the world of Dick. Perhaps the fair people won't be quite so unfriendly if they know that Jo is fond of us."
"Well, we're in a bit of a fix," said Dick. "We can't stay in this field, or the farmer will be after us again —
and I can't see the fair people lending us their horses — and without horses we can't
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