"Oh, he's only joking!" declared Sue, as she saw a twinkle in the eyes of Uncle Tad. And of course he was joking.
"Well, maybe I'll look in and see what you do have to sell in your barn store," he said, as he left the table.
Bunny Brown and his sister Sue were not long in finishing their breakfast, and then they hurried out to the barn where they were to keep store. Bunny and Sue had found some boards and boxes out there which would make fine shelves for a pretend store.
"We'll put the shelves up before the others get here," said Bunny.
"Yes," she agreed. "But what kind of store are you going to play? Are you going to have washboilers and tin pans?"
"No, I guess not," said Bunny, after thinking about it a moment. "We'll keep a store like Mrs. Golden's."
"Yes, that will be nice," agreed Sue. "Here, Splash!" she cried. "Get out of there! That box isn't for you to sleep in!" For the big dog had crawled into one of the boxes that were to form the store shelves. Splash was curling up most comfortably.
"We'll use him for a delivery dog," said Bunny. "We'll tie a basket on his neck and he can take the groceries and things to different places."
"Oh, that will be fun!" laughed Sue, clapping her hands. "Here comes Helen!" she cried a moment later, and then, with joyous shouts and laughter, a number of children came running into the Brown yard, ready to play barn store.