Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Big Woods | Page 6

sorry,
Momsie----"
"Oh, it doesn't matter, dear," said Mrs. Brown. "I like to have you drink
all the milk you want. But now you'll have to get more for me, as there
is not enough for supper and the pudding."
"We'll go for the milk," said Bunny. "And when we get back we can
play with the bear and the toy train."
"I'll try to have the toy train running for you when you come back with
the milk," said Mr. Brown. "Trot along now."
Mrs. Brown gave Bunny the milk pail, and soon he and Sue, leaving
Splash behind this time, started down the road to the farmhouse where
they got their milk. The farmer sent his boy every day with milk for
those at Camp Rest-a-While, but this time Bunny and Sue had used
more than usual, and Mrs. Brown had to send for some extra.

It did not take Bunny and Sue long to reach the farmhouse, where their
pail was filled by the farmer's wife.
"We've got a surprise at our camp," said Bunny, as they started away,
the little boy carefully carrying the pail of milk.
"Indeed! Is that so? What is it?" asked the farmer's wife.
"We've got two surprises," said Sue. "Daddy brought them from the
city. Bunny has a toy train of cars that runs with a city."
"She means electricity," explained Bunny with a laugh, but saying the
big word very slowly.
"I don't care. It sounds like that," declared Sue. "And I've got a Teddy
bear and its eyes are little e-lec-tri-city lamps, and they shine like
anything when you push a button in his back."
"Those are certainly two fine surprises," said the farmer's wife. "Now
be careful not to spill your milk."
"We'll be careful," promised Bunny.
He and Sue walked along the country road toward their camp.
Suddenly on a fence Sue saw a squirrel running along.
"Oh, look, Bunny!" she cried.
"Where?" asked her brother.
"On that fence. A big gray squirrel!"
"Oh, what a fine, big one!" cried Bunny. "Maybe we can catch him and
put him in a cage with a wheel that goes around."
Bunny carefully set the pail of milk down at the side of the road, out of
the way in case any wagons or automobiles should come along. Then
he ran after the squirrel, that had come to a stop on top of the fence and
stood looking at the children.

But, as soon as the squirrel with the big tail saw Bunny running toward
him, he scampered away and Bunny followed. So did Sue, leaving the
pail of milk standing in the grass beside the road.
The squirrel could run on the fence much faster than Bunny Brown and
his sister Sue could run along the road, and pretty soon they saw him
scamper up a tree.
"Now we can't get him," said Sue, sorrowfully.
"No, I guess not," answered Bunny. "We'd better go back to camp and
play with your Teddy bear and my toy train. Come on."
They walked back toward the place they had left the pail of milk. As
they came in sight of it Sue cried:
"Oh, Bunny, look!"
Bunny looked, and at what he saw he cried:
"Oh dear!"
For a big, shaggy dog had his nose down in the pail of milk, and as he
looked up, at hearing Bunny's cry, he knocked the pail over, spilling
what he had not taken himself.
"Oh, our milk's all gone!" cried Bunny.
"What shall we do?" asked Sue, in dismay.
CHAPTER III
THE OLD MAN
For a moment the two children did not know what to do. They stood
still, looking at the dog who had just drunk the milk from the pail
which they had set down in the road so they could chase the squirrel.
Then Bunny, made bold by thinking of what might happen if he and his
sister went home with the empty pail, thinking also of the pudding

which his mother could not make if she had no milk, gave a loud cry.
"Get away from there, you bad dog!" cried the little boy. "Leave our
milk alone!" and he started to run toward the shaggy creature.
"Oh, come back! Come back!" cried Sue. "Don't go near him, Bunny!"
"Why not?" her brother asked in some surprise.
"'Cause he might bite you."
"Huh! I'm not afraid of him!" declared Bunny. "He doesn't look as
savage as our Splash, and he never bites anybody, though he barks a lot
at tramps."
So Bunny ran on toward the shaggy dog. The animal stood looking at
the little boy for a moment and then, with a sort of "wuff!" as if to say,
"Well, I've taken all the milk, what are you going to do