"Will they?" asked Sue.
"Sure!" Bunny answered. "Come on, we'll both call!"
The children united their voices in loud calls of:
For a moment there was no answer. Some of the alligators seemed alarmed by the noise and scrambled back into the river. But others of the big, scaly creatures seemed to be crawling up toward Bunny Brown and his sister Sue.
"Oh, help! Help!" screamed the little girl, and Bunny joined his voice with hers.
Then, to their delight, they heard a call in answer.
"What's the matter? Who are you? Where are you?" asked a man, who, as yet, neither Bunny nor Sue could see.
"We're on the island! The alligators are after us!" Bunny answered.
"Don't be afraid! I'll be with you in a minute. They're my alligators and they got out of the pens," the man went on. This time Bunny and Sue knew where his voice came from. They looked down the stream and saw an elderly man, with white hair and a pleasant face, rowing toward them in a boat.