Three o'clock
`` Was n't it good that Mamsie gave me those strips of paper ? Whatever should we have done without them ! Well , now , says I , you 've got to hurry to get all ready . Three o'clock comes pretty soon after dinner , and there 's ever and ever so much yet to do before you can have your circus , Joey Pepper . '' `` Joel , '' cried little David , his cheeks aflame , `` Mrs. Beebe has brought your animals . Come out to th ' wagon . '' With that David 's heels twinkled down the narrow path to the gate .