"Yes, I'm going to give you some cookies," she laughed. "Come along. I'll bring them back safely," she added.
So, while Mr. Brown, Captain Ross, Bunker Blue and Uncle Tad carried the things up to the bungalow from the boat and dock, Bunny and Sue followed Mrs. Madden to her cottage not far from the bungalow. Mr. Madden was a clammer and fisherman, and his wife did some work for the summer colonists.
Bunny and Sue saw a little boy and girl of about their own ages looking at them as they neared the cottage.
"Here are some new playmates for you, Jimmie and Rose," said their mother. "They are hungry, too."
"And my brother Bunny fell in a barrel when he was looking for something to eat on the pantry shelves," explained Sue.
"Did it hurt you?" Jimmie Madden wanted to know.
"No; it was fun," laughed Bunny Brown, and then he told of that adventure.
Mrs. Madden brought out some glasses of milk, slices of bread and jam, and also a plateful of cookies, at the sight of which the eyes of Bunny and Sue opened wide with delight. Then followed a pleasant little play party on the shady porch of the cottage.
Rose and Jimmie told of the fun to be had at Christmas Tree Cove—how there were shallow wading places, deeper pools for bathing, and little nooks where one could fish.
"Can you go out in a boat?" asked Jimmie of Bunny.