"Not much," agreed Sue. "Didn't we have fun when we played store?"
"Lots!" agreed Bunny. "And didn't the boiler make a big racket when it fell down?"
He and Sue laughed at remembering this, but their laughs died away as they entered the little corner store and heard groans coming from behind one of the counters. Groans and sighs greeted the children as they opened the door. No one was in sight.
"Oh, Bunny!" exclaimed Sue, frightened, "what you s'pose has happened?"
CHAPTER V
A NEW PUPIL
Though Bunny Brown and his sister Sue had not often bought things in Mrs. Golden's store, they knew the woman who kept the place, and she knew them, for she often called them by name as they passed when she was out in front. But now Mrs. Golden was not in sight, though the groans that came from behind one of the counters seemed to tell that she was there.
"Oh, Bunny, I'm afraid!" whispered Sue, standing in the opened door with her brother. "Don't let's go in!"
"Why not?" Bunny asked.