eleven o'clock
`` What do you do about getting excused , Bobby ? Really , Dot , you 'll have that curtain pole down in a minute . '' Flushed and smiling , Dot dropped to the floor , and Twaddles came out of his rug . `` School lets us out at eleven o'clock , so we can see the parade , '' announced Bobby . `` Then there is n't any more after that . Some of the school committee said it was nonsense to close the school for a circus , but Mr. Carter said he was n't going to give us a chance to play hooky . Everybody 's going , Daddy . ''