"My bear ain't a 'he'—she's a 'she,'" declared Sue. "And her name is Sallie Malinda."
"Well, no matter what her name is, she is lost," said Bunny. "We're going to find her."
"Look here, children!" called Mr. Brown, who was now awake. "Don't go off on any wild goose chase."
"We're not after wild geese. We're going after Sue's bear," replied Bunny.
"What! Is Sue's bear taken, too?" cried Mr. Brown.
"She's either taken or else she walked away," Bunny said.
"Sue's bear wasn't the walking kind, though they did have some of that sort," said the children's father. "But if your bear is gone, some one must have taken it just as they did Bunny's train of cars. I must look into this. You children stay right where you are until I get dressed and we'll make a search. Meanwhile look around the tent and see if you can't find Sallie Jane."
"Her name is Sallie Malinda," said Sue, with some indignation.
"Well, take a look around for Sallie Malinda Teddy Bear Brown while I'm getting dressed," said her father.
The children soon slipped into their clothes, and then began to look around the tent, inside and out. Sue thought perhaps she had left her Teddy bear with its flashing electrical eyes in a chair near the kitchen-tent table. She had had her there after her own supper. She even pointed out where she had put a small plate of cracker crumbs near the Teddy bear. The plate of crumbs was still there, but the doll was gone.