As it happened, however, Mr. Brown could not see the patient, who was badly hurt and out of his head, not knowing what he was saying. So the basket of good things was left until such time as the dainties could be eaten.
Back home in the pony cart rode Daddy, Bunny and Sue, and Toby was so strong from his long rest on the farm that he easily pulled the man and children.
“Hello, Bunny!” “Hello, Sue!” called some boys and girls on the street, not far from the Brown house as the children were driving back. “Is that a new pony?” asked one boy.
“No, it’s just old Toby,” answered Bunny, and his father waved his hand at George Watson and Harry Bentley, who were playing with Mary Watson and Sadie West.
“He looks fine!” said Harry.
“Looks as if he’d just been painted!” and George laughed at the idea of painting a horse.
Mrs. Brown was waiting for her family when they returned in the pony cart, and at once asked about the old man.
“I’m sorry, but he was so ill I couldn’t see him,” explained her husband. “I’ll go again, however.”
Mr. Brown got out of the pony cart and went back to his dock, but as it was yet early Bunny and Sue were allowed to ride around a bit longer, before it was time for supper and then bed.
“We’ll let Patter out now, as long as we are going to ride only around the block,” explained Bunny, and he opened the shed where the trick dog had been shut so that he wouldn’t follow after the pony cart.