"We won't," promised Bunny. "Gidap, Toby!" he called, and away trotted the pony.
Down the village street went Toby, and Bunny and Sue smiled and waved their hands to some of their boy and girl friends who watched them driving away, wishing they were going.
"We'll give you a ride when we come back," promised Sue.
She turned to wave her hand to Sadie West, and then Sue saw Splash, the big dog, trotting along behind the pony cart.
"Oh, Bunny!" exclaimed Sue, "do we want to take Splash along?"
"No, I don't guess we do," Bunny answered. "There's a big dog at the farm, and he might fight our dog like he did once before."
This had happened. For once, when Mr. Brown took Bunny and his sister to the place to get some fresh eggs and butter, Splash had trotted along with them. And Splash and the other dog at the farm did not seem to be friends, for they fought and bit one another, and Mr. Brown and Mr. Potter, the man who owned the farm, had hard work to make the animals stop.
"Whoa, Toby!" called Bunny to the pony, and he stopped. "Now you go on back, Splash!" ordered his little master.
But Splash did not want to go back. He sat down on the grass, thumped his tail up and down, and then sort of looked off to one side, as though to see how tall the trees were. He didn't look at Bunny or Sue at all, and when their dog didn't do this the children knew he didn't want to mind them.
"Go back home, Splash!" ordered Bunny.