"Why, I was right here all the while," Bunny answered. "I climbed in the
barrel to hide."
"And didn't you hear us calling that you could come in free?" asked
Sadie.
Bunny shook his head.
"He was asleep," said Aunt Lu. "He must have fallen asleep as soon as he
curled up inside the barrel. That's why he didn't hear. Oh, you funny
Bunny boy!" and she laughed and hugged Bunny, who was helped out of the
barrel by his mother.
"I never saw him down in there when I came to the door a while ago, and
threw the cloth over the barrel," explained the cook. "I thought the
barrel would be a good place to dry the towel. And to think I covered
Bunny up with it!"
"If it hadn't been for the towel we'd have looked in the barrel
ourselves," said Charlie Star.
"I guess it was so nice and quiet and warm in the barrel that I went to
sleep before I knew it," Bunny remarked.
"I guess you did," laughed his mother.
"Shall we play some more?" asked Helen.
"Oh, yes!" cried Bunny. "And I won't hide in the barrel again."
So the game went on, the children hiding in different places, some of
which were easily found, while others were so well hidden that it was a
long while before the one who "blinded" discovered them.
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