“I’ll go up and fix it!” said another usher.  “Guess the first snow was too heavy for the skylight!  Keep still, everybody!” he added.  “There’s no danger now!”

The man had to shout to be heard above the screams of the frightened and excited people, but he made his voice carry to all parts of the Opera House, and finally it became more quiet.  Then a man stepped from behind the curtain and stood on the front part of the stage.  He held up his hand to make the people know he wanted them to be quiet, and when his voice could be heard he said: 

“There is no danger now.  There was some, but it has passed.  The man will hold the skylight in place until it can be fastened.  And while he is doing that I wish those who are sitting under it would move quietly out into the aisles.  Don’t crowd or rush.  You children can pretend it is like the fire drill you have at school.”

“Oh, we do have fire drill at our school, don’t we, Bunny?” cried Sue, in a rather loud voice.  Her words carried to all parts of the theater and many laughed.  This laugh was just what was needed to make the people forget their fright, and soon the place directly under the loosened skylight was clear.  Bunny and Sue, with Uncle Tad and their boy and girl chums, moved out into the aisle, and soon the men began the work of fastening the skylight back in place.  And you may be sure they fastened it tight.

While this is being done I will take a few moments to tell my new readers something about the two Brown children.  As you may have guessed, there are other volumes which come before this one.  The first is called “Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue.”

Bunny and Sue lived with their father and mother in a pretty house in the town of Bellemere.  Bellemere was on the seacoast and also near a small river.  Mr. Brown was in the boat and fish business, and he owned a dock, or wharf, on the bay and had his office there.  He had many men to help, and also a big boy, who was almost a man.  The big boy’s name was Bunker Blue, and he was very good to Bunny and Sue.  Living in the same house with the Browns was Uncle Tad.  He was Mr. Brown’s uncle, but Bunny and Sue thought they owned just as much of the dear old soldier as did their father.  Besides Uncle Tad, the children had other relations.  They had a grandfather and a grandmother, and also an aunt, Miss Lulu Baker, who lived in a big city.

Bunny and Sue Brown had many friends in Bellemere.  Besides the few boys and girls I have mentioned there were many others.  And there was also Jed Winkler, an old sailor who owned a monkey, and, lately, he had bought a green parrot from an old shipmate of his.  Jed Winkler had a sister, a rather cross maiden lady who did not like the monkey very much.  And the monkey, whose name was Wango, seemed to know this, for he was always playing tricks on Miss Winkler.

The second volume of the series is called “Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on Grandpa’s Farm.”  There, you can easily imagine, the little boy and girl had lots of fun.  During their visit to the farm they got up a circus, and there is a book telling all about it.  They had a real tent, which their grandfather got for them, and in it they and some of their friends gave a very funny performance.