What pupil had thus
dared to speak aloud in school?
CHAPTER VI
A BUSY BUZZER
Bunny, Sue and the other children were just as much surprised as was
Miss Bradley when that strange, harsh voice called out. And it needed
but a look at the faces of her pupils to show the teacher that none of
them had broken one of the rules of the classroom.
Bunny still held his mouth open, for he was half way through the
spelling of the word "cracker." He was about to keep on, when once more
the voice called:
"Cracker! Cracker! Polly wants a cracker!"
The sound came from the cloak closet on one side of the classroom.
"It's a parrot!" cried Charlie Star. "A poll parrot!"
"Yes, I believe it is," said Miss Bradley.
"You didn't bring a parrot to school to-day, did you, Bunny?" she asked.
"Oh, no, Ma'am!" he exclaimed, so earnestly that of course Miss Bradley
believed him.
"But I know whose parrot it is," said Sue, eagerly.
"Whose?" asked the teacher.
"Mr. Winkler's! He's got a parrot and a monkey. They're always getting
loose.
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