"Back home, dear. To New York. And I want you to come and see me there.
Will you?"
"If mamma will let us," said Sue.
"I'll think about it," promised Mrs. Brown.
So Aunt Lu got ready to go back home. And as she walked about with Bunny
and Sue, paying last visits to the fish dock, the river and the other
nice places, Aunt Lu seemed sad. She looked down at the ground, and
often glanced at her finger on which she had worn the diamond ring.
"Sue," said Bunny one day, "I know what makes Aunt Lu so sad."
"What is it?"
"Losing her ring. And I know a way that might make her glad, so she
would smile and be happy again."
"What way?"
"Let's give a Punch and Judy show for her," said Bunny. "We'll get Sadie
and Helen, and George and Charlie and Harry to help us. We'll give a
Punch and Judy show!"
"Oh, what fun!" cried Sue, clapping her hands.
CHAPTER XXIII
AN AUTOMOBILE RIDE
Bunny Brown and his sister Sue had often talked about giving a Punch and
Judy show. They had often seen one, at picnics or at church sociables,
and Bunny knew by heart a few of the things Mr.
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