And nurse said, "They have gone to see the rabbits."
"Me go too," said Ann, pushing away her cup.
But nurse said, "Not yet," for Ann was not well enough "to go out of doors."
Now, whilst nurse and Ann were talking, Rose and Lucy had gone as fast as they could to see some new rabbits their father had bought. They had talked to the gardener about them, and had said,—
"We will bring something for them to eat, and they like milk to drink; they don't drink water, do they?"
"Oh, yes, they do, miss; it is quite a mistake to suppose they don't drink water. It is very cruel to keep them without it; I always put a good saucer of water in the pen, and they can drink it or not as they like."
Then John went away to his work, and Rose and Lucy felt they could scarcely wait till the next day to see the rabbits.
The next morning Rose and Lucy went off quite early after breakfast.
They had taken their baskets with some crusts of bread and some parsley, for they thought they should like to feed them.
They found John waiting for them, and he opened the door of the hutch.