"Well, children, I think it is about time for my surprise."
"Oh, have you something for us, too?" asked Sue, quickly.
"Well, I'll have something for you if you will go and get something for me," said Mother Brown. "I want you to go to the farmhouse and get me a pail of milk. Some one took what I was saving to make a pudding with, so I'll have to get more milk."
"We took it to play soldier and nurse with," confessed Sue. "I'm sorry, Momsie——"
"Oh, it doesn't matter, dear," said Mrs. Brown. "I like to have you drink all the milk you want. But now you'll have to get more for me, as there is not enough for supper and the pudding."
"We'll go for the milk," said Bunny. "And when we get back we can play with the bear and the toy train."
"I'll try to have the toy train running for you when you come back with the milk," said Mr. Brown. "Trot along now."
Mrs. Brown gave Bunny the milk pail, and soon he and Sue, leaving Splash behind this time, started down the road to the farmhouse where they got their milk. The farmer sent his boy every day with milk for those at Camp Rest-a-While, but this time Bunny and Sue had used more than usual, and Mrs. Brown had to send for some extra.
It did not take Bunny and Sue long to reach the farmhouse, where their pail was filled by the farmer's wife.
"We've got a surprise at our camp," said Bunny, as they started away, the little boy carefully carrying the pail of milk.