"I wish we'd hurry up and get there," said Sue. "I want to see what camping is like."
"Oh, we'll soon be there," promised Daddy Brown, "and there'll be work enough for all of us. We'll have three tents to put up, and many other things to do."
On and on went the big automobile. Splash ran along the road, some time at the side of the car, sometimes behind it, and, once in a while, away up ahead, as if he were looking to see that the road was safe.
After a bit the dog came back to the automobile, and walked along so slowly, with his red tongue hanging out, that Sue said:
"Oh, poor Splash must be tired! Let's give him a ride, Mother!"
"All right. Call him up here."
"Come on, Splash!" called Bunny and Sue, for they each owned half the dog. They had pretended to divide him down the middle, so each one might have part of the wagging tail, and part of the barking head. It was more fun owning a dog that way.
Up jumped Splash into the back of the auto-moving van. He stretched out on a roll of carpet that was to be spread over the board floor of the big tent, and went to sleep. But first Bunny had given him some sweet crackers to eat. Splash was very fond of these crackers.
The automobile was going down hill now, and when it reached the bottom it came to a stop again.
"What's the matter now?" asked Mother Brown. "Does the auto want another drink?"