Jamie has been studying his alphabet all the morning, but somehow the letters got twisted and wouldn't follow each other in their regular order. By and by mother said: "Let us wait awhile; perhaps the letters will come more easily to my little boy if he takes a rest now."  
So Jamie ran out to play and soon forgot all about the alphabet. But that night, after he had fallen asleep, he had a most wonderful time. All the alphabet letters came trooping into his little bed and said to him, "Jamie, come with us to the Circus!" And pretty soon he found himself in a big white tent. All of a sudden the Letters ran together, and, jumping on top of one another, formed themselves into a lion.
 
Jamie clapped his hands and laughed . At this, all the letters down, and, calling to him to follow, jumped into the ring and made a giant rooster.
 
 
"!" cried Jamie, "you're the most wonderful alphabet I ever saw!"
 
 
"Glad you think so!" cried the Letters, and then they all tumbled apart and raced across the tanbark floor. He followed as fast as his legs would take him, when, all of a sudden, a funny little made him turn his head. Some of the alphabet letters had formed themselves into a little pig, who cried, "This little pig went to market," but when Jamie ran up to play with him all the letters jumped apart and away. "Come, we'll show you the man who owns the circus!" After much and climbing on their part, the circus owner appeared, wearing a high silk hat.
 
Jamie had hardly time to bow politely, when all the letters tumbled apart and there stood a great, big elephant. But, goodness me! In another minute the elephant fell apart and again the Letters shouted, "Follow us, Jamie!" and away they raced, and before he could stop he into a tall giraffe.
 
"Oh, what fun!" cried Jamie. "I wonder what will happen next?"
 
"Hello, my little man!" cried a voice close at hand. Jamie looked around and there stood the Alphabet Clown smiling at him.
 
"How do you do, Sir!" answered Jamie.
 
 
"Here are the pictures of my two brothers," said the Alphabet Clown, showing Jamie two photographs; "there weren't enough letters to go around, so when I'm , I just show their pictures, and when they are acting, they show mine." No sooner had he finished speaking than the Alphabet Letters tumbled apart, and the clown disappeared.
 
A big next came into view as the Alphabet Letters kept up their merry . By this time, Jamie was hardly surprised at anything, his friends, the Alphabet Letters, were doing so many funny things.
 
"Tickets!" cried a voice at his side. A little Alphabet Man sitting on an Alphabet Chair looked at Jamie as if expecting him to hand over his ticket at once. Just as he was about to explain how the Letters had brought him to the circus, the little man fell apart, and all the Letters laughed and said, "Never mind your ticket, Jamie—follow us!"
 
"Bow-wow!" said the little Alphabet Dog as Jamie ran up to pat him. "Don't turn into letters just yet," he begged, giving the little dog a hug, but with a merry laugh the Letters jumped apart and Jamie saw a pretty horse, who lifted his right leg to shake hands with him. But the Alphabet Horse lasted no lo............