"Let's holler!" exclaimed Sue. "Maybe somebody will hear us and come and
let us out."
"All right," said Bunny. They both called together. But the vacant house
was not near any other, and none of the neighbors heard the childish
voices.
"I--I guess I'd better get the bags and make a bed, for we'll have to
stay here all night," said Bunny, when they were quite tired from
calling aloud.
"Then make my bed near yours, Bunny," said Sue. "I--I don't want to be
alone."
"I'll take care of you," promised the little blue-eyed chap, as he
remembered what his mother had told him.
Bunny went to the front hall to get the cloth bags. Sue went with him,
for she did not want to be left alone in the room that was now getting
quite dark.
But Bunny and Sue did not have to stay all night in the empty house.
Just as they were picking up the bags, they heard a noise at the front
door and a voice called:
"Bunny! Sue! Are you in there?"
For a moment they did not answer, they were so surprised with joy. Then
Bunny cried:
"Oh, it's Uncle Tad! It's Uncle Tad!"
While Sue exclaimed:
"We're here! Yes, we're here, Uncle Tad! Oh, please let us out!"
There was a squeaking noise and the front door was pushed open.
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