Near the barn was a little brook of water, and Bunny and the boys began throwing stones in this to hear the splashes. As Bunny threw his second stone his cap dropped off and the wind carried it into the brook. It fell in the middle of the stream.
“Oh, look, Bunny threw his cap in!” cried Charlie.
“No, I didn’t throw it!” said Bunny.
But no sooner had Patter seen the cap in the water than in he plunged and began swimming toward it.
CHAPTER VII
IN THE BARN
“Look! Oh, look at your dog, Bunny!” cried Charlie.
“He’s a regular cap dog! He’s going to bring your cap to shore!” exclaimed Harry.
“That’s a fine trick!” said Bunny with delight, as he watched Patter swim out to the middle of the brook, and then, having taken the cap in his teeth, swim back to shore with it. “That’s as good a trick as standing on his front legs on Toby’s back.”
“That isn’t any trick!” called another voice, and George Watson came through the bushes just as Patter laid the cap, dripping wet, at Bunny’s feet.
“What isn’t a trick?” asked Charlie.