But Uncle Ben stepped up just then and asked:
“Are you two little visitors all alone? Did any one come with you? Shall I look for your father or mother in the crowd?” For there was quite a crowd of people who got off the train at the Point, and many of them had come either on an excursion or to spend a vacation at Silver Lake.
“We came all alone,” explained Tom. “The conductor took care of my sister and me. We got here all right.”
“And they know where Skyrocket is!” cried Ted.
“Is that so?” asked Uncle Ben.
“Well, I don’t zactly know where he is now,” said Tom Taylor. “But I saw him, and so did Lola.”
“Yes, we saw him in a gypsy wagon,” added Tom’s sister.
“Tell us all about it!” begged Janet, very much excited.
“Not now,” said Uncle Ben. “We had better get back to Sunnyside. Mrs. Martin will want to know that you two youngsters arrived safely. You can talk about Skyrocket on the way home in the boat. But I had better see the conductor and tell him I have his two little travelers safe. Just wait here for me.”
The two Curlytops and their friends were so excited and glad to see each other that they could not possibly stand still. They danced around in circles, they looked at one another, and they talked so fast and had so much to say to one another that it is a wonder they ever finished.