And, as it was not much more fan than looking at a stone, to watch the
closed-up turtle, Bunny and Sue soon grew tired of watching the slow-
moving creature. Splash, too, seemed to think he was wasting time
barking at such a thing, so he ran off to find something new.
Once more the two children walked along the road. The sun grew warmer
and warmer, and finally Bunny spoke, saying:
"Let's walk in the woods, Sue. It will be cooler there."
"Oh, yes" agreed the little girl. "I love it in the woods."
So into the cool shade they went, Splash following. They found another
spring of water, and drank some. They gathered flowers, and found some
cones from a pine tree. With these they built two little houses, doll
size.
Pretty soon Sue said she was hungry, and Bunny also admitted that he
was.
"We'll coon be home now," he said. "And we'll stop at Mrs. Redden's, and
get our balloons."
"Then we'll have lots of fun!" cried Sue, clapping her hands.
But the patch of woods through which the children had started to walk
was larger than they thought.
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