"Yes," answered Bunny.
Sue leaned over from the back of the ragged man and said, right in his ear:
"Please don't give us anything to eat when you get to your house. It wouldn't be polite for us to take it after me asking you the way I did."
"Hey? What's that?" asked the ragged man, seeming to wake up from a sleep. "Did you ask me not to go so fast?"
"No, I asked you——"
Once more Bunny pinched his sister's leg.
"Don't tell him what you asked him and he won't know, and then it will be all right," said Bunny.
"All right," whispered Sue. Then aloud she said: "Is it much farther to your house, Mr. Bixby?"
"Why, no," answered the ragged man. "So that's what you asked me, was it? I wasn't listening, I'm afraid. My cabin is only a little farther on, and then after you rest a bit I'll put you on the road to your camp."
"And maybe he'll give us something to eat without our asking," muttered Sue to her brother, who was behind.