"Let's go in and rest in the shade," Sue said. "I'm awful tired and hot, Bunny."
"All right, we'll go in," and in they went. It was nice and cool beneath the trees, and the children found a spring of water where they had a drink, for they were thirsty.
"And I'm hungry, too," said Sue, after a bit. "Bunny, do you s'pose we could eat some of the berries? We can pick more before we go home."
"Yes, we'll eat some, Sue."
Seated on the green moss, in the shade of a tree, Bunny and Sue ate the berries, getting their faces and hands stained red and purple.
"But we can wash in the spring before we go home," Sue said, "so it will be all right."
"Yes," agreed Bunny.
After resting a while the children washed at the spring, and took another drink. Then they saw a big frog hopping along. He must have been having a bath in the spring, which was almost as large as a washtub.
"Let's see if we can catch that frog!" cried Bunny. "We won't hurt him, though."
So he and Sue followed the frog. But the frog was a good jumper, and led the children quite a chase. And then, just when Bunny thought he was going to put his hands on him, the big green fellow found another spring, and into that he went with a splash, grunting as he did so: