"Perhaps not," replied Mr. Brown. "Well, we must try to help the man catch the pony."
The children, their father and Bunker passed in the road the little basket cart from which the Shetland pony had broken loose. The cart did not seem to be damaged any, but part of the broken harness was fast to it.
"He must be a strong pony to get loose that way," said Bunny.
"Maybe he was only tied with string, and he could easy break that," said Sue.
"Maybe," agreed Bunker Blue.
They went around a turn in the road, and, looking down a straight stretch, they could see that the man had caught the pony near a clump of willow trees.
"There! He's all right!" said Mr. Brown. "But we had better go and ask the man if we can help him any. He may blame us for the running away of the pony."
And as they all walked down the road Bunny whispered something to Sue. Sue looked quickly at her brother and exclaimed:
"Oh, if he only would!"