` Most anything . '' `` If you stay here we shall want you to do as the others do , work and study as well as play . Are you willing to agree to that ? '' `` Do n't mind trying . '' `` Well , you can stay a few days , and we will see how we get on together . Take him out , Nat , and amuse him till Mr. Bhaer comes home , when we will settle about the matter , '' said Mrs. Jo , finding it rather difficult to get on with this cool young person , who fixed his big black eyes on her with a hard , suspicious expression , sorrowfully unboyish . `` Come on , Nat , '' he said , and slouched out again . `` Thank you , ma'am , '' added Nat , as he followed him , feeling without quite understanding the difference in the welcome given to him and to his ungracious friend . `` The fellows are having a circus out in the barn ; do n't you want to come and see it ? '' he asked , as they came down the wide steps on to the lawn . `` Are they big fellows ? '' said Dan . `` No ; the big ones are gone fishing . '' `` Fire away , then , '' said Dan . Nat led him to the great barn and introduced him to his set , who were disporting themselves among the half-empty lofts . A large circle was marked out with hay on the wide floor , and in the middle stood Demi with a long whip , while Tommy , mounted on the much-enduring Toby , pranced about the circle playing being a monkey . `` You must pay a pin apiece , or you ca n't see the show , '' said Stuffy , who stood by the wheelbarrow in which sat the band , consisting of a pocket-comb blown upon by Ned , and a toy drum beaten spasmodically by Rob . `` He 's company , so I 'll pay for both , '' said Nat , handsomely , as he stuck two crooked pins in the dried mushroom which served as money-box . With a nod to the company they seated themselves on a couple of boards , and the performance went on . After the monkey act , Ned gave them a fine specimen of his agility by jumping over an old chair , and running up and down ladders , sailor fashion .
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Bhaer Dan Demi Stuffy Toby Tommy days lofts money-box wheelbarrow