“No, sugar and salt,” answered Sue.
“I knew it was something like vinegar, anyhow,” chuckled the grocer, as he wrapped up the packages.
Sue and Bunny hurried home to tell the news about the “sneeze-and-roll-over” trick their dog could do. They were so excited that Sue dropped the bag of salt, which burst and a lot spilled out.
“But, anyhow, it was better the salt should spill than the sugar,” said Mary, the maid. “Salt’s cheaper ’n sugar.”
The summer days passed, with Bunny and Sue having much fun with Patter, teaching him new tricks now and then. Bunny and the boys often talked about the show they were going to have with Patter and Toby, but, as yet, they had done nothing about it.
One day Mrs. Brown sent Bunny and Sue in the pony cart down to their father’s dock. Of course Patter went along, for he knew his way about the town very well now, and would not get lost.
On their way home, when about half way back from their father’s dock, a big automobile truck came suddenly out of a side street, making such a noise that Toby, the usually gentle and quiet pony, jumped in fright and then started to gallop as fast as he could.
“Oh, Toby’s running away! He’s running away!” cried Sue, clinging to the side of the cart.
CHAPTER VI
PLANNING A SHOW
Bunny did not have a very tight hold of the reins when he was driving Toby, for generally the pony was so gentle that he needed but little guiding. And when the little horse gave a jump and started to run, after being frightened by the auto truck, the reins, or the “lines” as Sue sometimes called them, slipped over the dashboard and dangled around Toby’s heels.