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Title: Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Big Woods
Author: Laura Lee Hope
Illustrator: Florence England Nosworthy
Release Date: November 18, 2005 [EBook #17097]
Language: English
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[Illustration: "I GUESS IT'S ROLLING FASTER THAN I AM," THOUGHT BUNNY. _Frontispiece._ Page 61. _Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Big Woods._]
BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE IN THE BIG WOODS
BY LAURA LEE HOPE
AUTHOR OF
THE BUNNY BROWN SERIES, THE BOBBSEY TWINS SERIES, THE OUTDOOR GIRLS SERIES, ETC.
Illustrated by Florence England Nosworthy
NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS
BOOKS
By LAURA LEE HOPE
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_12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. Price, per volume, 50 cents, postpaid._
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=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
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=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
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=THE OUTDOOR GIRLS SERIES=
THE OUTDOOR GIRLS OF DEEPDALE THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT RAINBOW LAKE THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN A MOTOR CAR THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN A WINTER CAMP THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN FLORIDA THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT OCEAN VIEW THE OUTDOOR GIRLS ON PINE ISLAND
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=GROSSET & DUNLAP= PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
Copyright, 1917, by GROSSET & DUNLAP
_Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Big Woods._
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. WHAT DADDY BROUGHT 1 II. THE PAIL OF MILK 12 III. THE OLD MAN 25 IV. A NOISE AT NIGHT 34 V. BUNNY ROLLS DOWN HILL 46 VI. AFTER THE LOST COW 59 VII. THE MISSING TRAIN 69 VIII. "WHERE HAS SALLIE GONE?" 84 IX. THE SEARCH 93 X. LOST IN THE WOODS 101 XI. THE HERMIT AGAIN 112 XII. WONDERINGS 119 XIII. MR. BROWN MAKES A SEARCH 132 XIV. THE RAGGED BOY 141 XV. HIDDEN IN THE HAY 150 XVI. THE ANGRY GOBBLER 159 XVII. SUE DECIDES TO MAKE A PIE 166 XVIII. ROASTING CORN 176 XIX. EAGLE FEATHER'S HORSE 191 XX. FUN IN THE ATTIC 199 XXI. "WHERE IS SUE?" 207 XXII. THE HERMIT COMES FOR TOM 214 XXIII. TRYING TO HELP TOM 221 XXIV. THE NIGHT MEETING 229 XXV. THE MISSING TOYS 237
BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE IN THE BIG WOODS
CHAPTER I
WHAT DADDY BROUGHT
"Sue! Sue! Where are you?" called a lady, as she stood in the opening of a tent which was under the trees in the big woods. "Where are you, Sue? And where is Bunny?"
For a moment no answers came to the call. But presently, from behind a clump of bushes not far from the tent, stepped a little girl. She held her finger over her lips, just as your teacher does in school when she does not want you to say anything. Then the little girl whispered:
"Sh-h-h-h, Mother. I can't come now."
"Then let Bunny come. He can do what I want."
"Bunny can't come, either."
"Why not?" and Mrs. Brown smiled at her little girl, who seemed very much in earnest as she stood in front of the bushes, her finger still across her lips.
"Bunny can't come, 'cause we're playing soldier and Indian," said Sue. "Bunny's been shot by an Indian arrow and I'm his nurse. He's just got over the fever, same as I did when I had the measles, and he's asleep. And it's awful dangerous to wake anybody up that's just got to sleep after a fever. That's what our doctor said, I 'member."
"Oh, Bunny is just getting over a fever, is he?" asked Mrs. Brown.
"Of course it's only a _make-believe_ fever, Mother," said the little girl. "We're only pretendin' you know"; and she cut her words short, leaving off a "g" here and there, so she could talk faster I suppose.
"Oh, if it's only a make-believe fever it's
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