"Yes, we want to camp out," added Sue, sleepy as she was.
Knowing that it was perfectly safe, for the children had often camped out before, Mr. and Mrs. Brown undressed the sleepy tots, and carried them to their cots in the tent. Dix and Splash were given beds of hay on the ground near the tent and told to stay on guard, which they would be sure to do.
"Do you think they'll sleep out all night?" asked Mr. Brown of his wife, as they made ready for bed in the automobile.
"I hardly think so," she said. "I'll leave the electric light, the one outside the 'Ark' near the back steps, burning, so if they want to crawl in here during the night they can."
"Good idea," said Mr. Brown.
Soon all was quiet around the big automobile and in the little white tent over amid the trees. Bunny and Sue had fallen asleep almost as soon as their heads touched the pillows.
But they did not sleep very long. Or so, at least, it seemed to them.
Sue awakened with a start. At first she could not remember where she was, though there was a bright moon shining outside and it made the tent light inside. Then she called:
"Bunny!"
"What's the matter?" he asked, for he was just about to awaken.