Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Big Woods

in the opening of a tent which was under the trees in t

r from the tent, stepped a little girl. She held her finger over her lips, just as your teach

other. I can

come. He can d

n't come,

, who seemed very much in earnest as she stood in f

I'm his nurse. He's just got over the fever, same as I did when I had the measles, and he's asleep. And it's aw

ting over a fever, is

girl. "We're only pretendin' you know"; and she cut her words short,

all right," said Mother Brown with a laugh.

for him to eat. Sick folks gets awful hungry when their fever goes away. And it's real things to eat, too, Mother. And when Bunny got m

five minutes I can wait that long," sa

Sue, as she turned to go back behind the bus

ter plan than telling the children just what she wanted when she called them from some of their games. You

mother. They had come from their home in Bellemere to live for a while in the fores

ts which were set up under the trees. One tent was used to sleep i

o their father. Bunker Blue, a boy, had also come to Camp Rest-a-While with the Brown family, but after having many adventures with them, he had g

mp. They played many games under the trees and in the tents, and had great fun. Mrs. Brown lik

. I like it so much and the chi

the edge of the big woods that morning when Mrs. B

r was lying on a blanket under the bushes. She made-believe feel his pulse, as she had seen the doc

u doin' that

wered Sue. "I guess your fever's mos

to eat?" he

nd I think mother has

d Bunny. "I'm all better, and I can

d Bunny Brown just then. He sat up, threw to one

the pie a

ed, as she took them from a

ny. "Fevers always make folks thi

idn't ask mother if I could take

g a long drink which Sue poured out

ead Bunny and Sue had played Indian and soldier, as they often did. First Bunny was a white soldier, and then an Indian, and at last he made believe he was shot so he

up the last crumbs of the pie his mother had baked in the oil stove wh

say so. She just said she wouldn't tell us until you got all make-beli

ed Bunny. "But come on

bush where they had been playing, there

's some more of

s now," said Bunny. "That game'

ied Sue. "I was wonde

rough the bushes. He wagged his tail, and his big red

t too late!" cried Sue. "

the crumbs,"

h his red tongue the dog licked them up from the top of the

et's go and find out what mother wants.

gh with the cake, pie

he seemed always to be hungry, his mother said, thou

Sue. "We'll go and see

city twice a week, making the trip in a small automobile he ran himself. Sometimes he would stay in the city over night, and

and his sister Sue. The children followed as fast as they could.

ry up and see

d call. "What do you s'pos

it must be something nice, for she smiled when I tol

ndian fever," p

believe Indian fever,

fever," said Bunny. "I got shot

he cried as the big dog ran into a puddle of water and splashed it so that some got

en, mossy stones, and it did Sue's dress no harm, for she had on

, as she and Bunny came running u

surprise?"

ile, and as a car came on through the woods and up

ddy! Daddy h

mething!" added Bunny. "Look

What have you brought?"

out of the automobile and started for a tent, a big bundle under