Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Keeping Store

Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Keeping Store, by

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Title: Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Keeping Store
Author: Laura Lee Hope
Illustrator: Walter S. Rogers
Release Date: May 19, 2006 [EBook #18421]
Language: English
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BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE KEEPING STORE
BY LAURA LEE HOPE
AUTHOR OF THE BUNNY BROWN SERIES, THE BOBBSEY TWINS SERIES, THE SIX LITTLE BUNKERS SERIES, MAKE BELIEVE STORIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER S. ROGERS
NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS
Made in the United States of America

BOOKS
BY LAURA LEE HOPE
12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.
=THE BUNNY BROWN SERIES=
BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE ON GRANDPA'S FARM BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE PLAYING CIRCUS BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE AT AUNT LU'S CITY HOME BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE AT CAMP REST-A-WHILE BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE IN THE BIG WOODS BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE ON AN AUTO TOUR BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE AND THEIR SHETLAND PONY BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE GIVING A SHOW BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE AT CHRISTMAS TREE COVE BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE IN THE SUNNY SOUTH BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE KEEPING STORE
=THE BOBBSEY TWINS SERIES=
THE BOBBSEY TWINS THE BOBBSEY TWINS IN THE COUNTRY THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT THE SEASHORE THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT SCHOOL THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT SNOW LODGE THE BOBBSEY TWINS ON A HOUSEBOAT THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT MEADOW BROOK THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT HOME THE BOBBSEY TWINS IN A GREAT CITY THE BOBBSEY TWINS ON BLUEBERRY ISLAND THE BOBBSEY TWINS ON THE DEEP BLUE SEA THE BOBBSEY TWINS IN WASHINGTON THE BOBBSEY TWINS IN THE GREAT WEST THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT CEDAR CAMP THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT THE COUNTY FAIR
=THE SIX LITTLE BUNKERS SERIES=
(Eight Titles)
=MAKE BELIEVE STORIES=
(Ten Titles)
=OUTDOOR GIRLS SERIES=
(Twelve Titles)
=GROSSET & DUNLAP= PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Copyright, 1922, by GROSSET & DUNLAP Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Keeping Store
[Illustration: BUNNY GOT THE BOX OF BAKING POWDER. _Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Keeping Store. Frontispiece--(Page_ 49)]

CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I A GRAND CRASH 1 II FEEDING THE ALLIGATORS 14 III SOMETHING IN A DESK 24 IV THE CORNER STORE 34 V A NEW PUPIL 44 VI A BUSY BUZZER 53 VII THE BARN STORE 65 VIII IN A HOLE 75 IX UP A LADDER 87 X THE LEGACY 96 XI THE LAST DAY 108 XII WATERING THE GARDEN 117 XIII HELPING MRS. GOLDEN 129 XIV THE CROSS MAN 138 XV THE BROKEN WINDOW 147 XVI LITTLE STOREKEEPERS 161 XVII TWO LETTERS 169 XVIII BUNNY HAS AN IDEA 178 XIX THE WINDOW DISPLAY 184 XX IN THE FLOUR BARREL 194 XXI SUE COULDN'T STOP IT 205 XXII A SHOWER OF BOXES 214 XXIII THE PONY EXPRESS 222 XXIV BAD NEWS 233 XXV GOOD NEWS 242

BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE KEEPING STORE
CHAPTER I
A GRAND CRASH
Patter, patter, patter came the rain drops, not only on the roof, but all over, out of doors, splashing here and there, making little fountains in every mud puddle.
Bunny Brown and his sister Sue stood with their faces pressed against the windows, looking out into the summer storm.
"I can make my nose flatter'n you can!" suddenly exclaimed Bunny.
"Oh, you cannot!" disputed Sue. "Look at mine!"
She thrust her nose against the pane of glass so hard that it almost cracked--I mean the glass nearly cracked.
"Look at that, Bunny Brown!" exclaimed Sue. "Isn't my nose flatter'n yours? Look at it!"
"How can I look at your nose when I'm looking at mine?" asked Bunny.
He, too, had pushed his nose against the glass of his window, the children standing in the dining room where two large windows gave them a good view of things outside.
"You must look at my nose to see if it's flatter'n yours!" insisted Sue. "Else how you going to know who beats?"
"Well, I can make mine a flatter nose than yours!" declared Bunny. "You look at mine first and then I'll look at yours."
This seemed a fair way of playing the game, Sue thought. She left her window and went over to her brother's side. The rain seemed to come down harder than ever. If the children had any idea of being allowed to go out and play in it, even with rubber boots and rain coats, they had about given up that plan. Mrs. Brown had been begged, more than once, to let Bunny and Sue go out, but she had shaken her head with