"Even with getting lost?" asked Mrs. Brown, with a smile. She felt better, now that the children were safe at home.
"Oh, we weren't lost very long," explained Sue. "It was only a little while, and then Toby brought us home, but it was on a new road," and, taking turns, she and Bunny told what had happened.
"Well, I'll feel better about having you go out for rides, if I know that Toby can always bring you back," said Mrs. Brown. "But don't try too many new roads. Stick to the old paths that you know until you get a little older. Did you bring my butter?"
"Yes, here it is," and Bunny handed it out, nicely wrapped up as Mrs. Potter had given it to him.
"Has Splash come home yet?" Sue asked.
The dog had not. He was off in the woods having a good time with Bunker. At least he looked as though he had had a good time when he did come home, for he was covered with mud and water, and there were a lot of "stickery" briars and brambles on his back and legs.
"He ran into every bush and every puddle of water he could find," said Bunker Blue. "I couldn't stop him."
"Well, he can come with us next time," said Bunny. "It's only when we go to the farm, where the cross dog lives, that we can't take Splash."
The next day Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue were "playing house" in their side yard. They made a sort of tent under the trees with an old carriage cover they found in the barn, and Sue pretended she was the housekeeper.
"And you must come to call on me," she said to Bunny.