"Yes," slowly answered Bunny. "I do. But what about it?"
"Let's go there," answered Sue. "Maybe he has my Sallie Malinda. Daddy was going to take us there, but he had to go away so quickly he didn't have time. But you and I can go. I'm sure he'd give us my Teddy bear if he had her."
"I guess he would," agreed Bunny. "But what would he want with it? Anyhow, we'll go and see."
So he and Sue, saying nothing to their mother, except that they were going off into the big woods back of the camp, left the tent and headed for the hermit's cabin.
On and on they went, leaving Splash behind, for, of late, their dog had not followed them as often as he had done before.
They had tramped through the woods for about an hour, looking in all sorts of places for the missing Teddy bear and the toy train, when Sue suddenly asked:
"Aren't we near his cabin now, Bunny? It seems as if we'd come an awful long way."
"I was beginning to think so myself," said the little boy. "Yet I was sure it was over this way."
The children walked on a little farther, but found themselves only deeper in the big woods. Finally Sue stopped and said:
"Bunny, do you know where we are?"