A COLLISION
Mr. Brown caught the little boy up in his arms. Somehow, Bunny seemed much smaller in his pajamas.
"Wake up, Bunny! Wake up!" his father said, gently shaking him. "What's the matter?"
"I've got to find it. I know where it is—on the end of the dog's tail. And Sue——" Bunny stopped suddenly. A change came over his face, and a different look flashed into his eyes.
"What—what's the matter? What am I down here for?" he asked wonderingly. And then his parents knew he was fully awake.
"You have been walking in your sleep, dear," said his mother. "That's something you haven't done for a long time. The day had too much excitement in it for you. Are you all right now?" and she patted his cheeks as he nestled in his father's arms.
"Oh, yes. I'm all right now," Bunny said. "I had a funny dream. I thought the dog came to me and said the diamond ring was on the end of his tail, and I was going to get one of Mr. Foswick's hammers and knock it off. The dog was on a bed of shavings in the carpenter shop and—and——"
"Yes, and then you got out of bed and walked in your sleep," finished his father, with a laugh. "I must see if Sue is all right."
She was. In her little bed she was slumbering peacefully, and Bunny was soon back with his head on the pillow.
"Poor little dears!" said their mother, as the lights were put out and the house locked for the night. "They are thinking too hard about the lost ring. I mustn't let them see that I care so much, or it will spoil their summer at Christmas Tree Cove."