Mrs. Brown was on her way out to the yard, for she had seen the man driving up with the pony and cart. She now spoke to him and learned that he had already seen Mr. Brown at the dock office, where the children’s father had gone after breakfast.
“May we take a ride in the pony cart?” asked Bunny of his mother, when the farmer’s man had gone and it was afternoon.
“Yes,” was the answer. “Toby is well and strong again, more healthy than before, the man said, and I guess he can pull you in the cart. But don’t go too far away.”
“We won’t!” promised Bunny and Sue. “May Patter come with us?” asked Bunny.
His mother said the trick dog might go, and soon the little boy and girl, with Patter sitting between them, were driving down a quiet street near the Brown home.
“We mustn’t run Toby too much at first,” said Bunny, who was holding the reins.
“No, ’specially after he just got over the falling-out-hair sickness,” agreed Sue. “Can I drive a little now, Bunny?” she asked.
“Yes,” replied her brother. “Oh, wouldn’t it be fun to teach Patter to hold the lines in his mouth and drive Toby?” he asked.
“Lots of fun!” agreed Sue. “But we’d better not do that until Patter and Toby get to know each other better,” she added. “Let me drive now.”
So Bunny gave his sister the reins on a quiet street where automobiles seldom came.