"But I would have driven him away if I'd seen him in time," Bunny declared positively. "He put his nose right in the pail and licked up all the milk, and what he didn't eat he spilled and then he ran away."
"And the lady at the farmhouse hasn't any more milk," Sue explained. "And there isn't any at the camp and——"
"Mother can't make the pudding," finished Bunny.
"Oh dear!" wailed Sue.
"My, you have a lot of troubles!" said the ragged man. "But if you'll come with me maybe I can help you."
"Where do you want us to come?" asked Bunny, remembering that his mother had told him never to go anywhere with strangers, and never to let Sue go, either.
"If you'll come up to my little cabin in the woods I can let you have some milk," said the ragged man. "I keep a cow, and I have more milk than I can use or sell. It isn't far. Come with me," and he held out his hands to the children.