"So can I!" cried Sue. "I went up on a ladder, after I fell in the brook, and I got red paint on my dress!"
"My, what a lot of things to happen!" murmured Mrs. Golden, as slowly and feebly she made her way around the store to the side where she kept the groceries.
"Let me get the pepper!" begged Bunny, as he saw the old woman looking toward a top shelf. "I can climb up."
"Well, my dear, if you're sure you won't fall, you may get it," said Mrs. Golden. "I've got some sort of a thing to reach down packages and boxes from the high shelf. My boy Philip got it for me. But I can hardly ever find it when I want it. Be careful now, Bunny."
"I will," said the little fellow, as he began to climb.
Sue watched her brother, thinking over what Mrs. Golden had told them about a legacy.
"If she got a lot of money," mused Sue, "she could get a big store, all spread out flat and she wouldn't have to have any high shelves. I hope she gets her legacy."
Bunny was just reaching for the box of pepper when there was a sudden barking of dogs outside the store and something black and furry, with a long tail, rushed in, leaped up on the counter, and thence to the top shelf, knocking down a lot of boxes and cans.
"Oh! Oh!" screamed Sue. "Look out, Bunny!"