All they could hear was an echo—the sound of their own voices coming back to them, "bouncing" like a rubber ball. They had heard that before, so they knew what an echo was. But an echo only repeats the same things that are said. It does not help to find the way out of the woods, and Bunny and Sue were still lost.
They went on farther, but they did not know whether they were going toward home, or away from it. Sue, in spite of brave little Bunny, was beginning to get frightened now. Tears came into her eyes, though they did not fall.
"I—I'm so tired, Bunny," she said. "I want to go home!"
"So do I, Sue. But we've got to get on the right path, and I can't find it."
"Let's try this one," said the little girl, as they came to a place where there were two paths through the woods. One went off toward the left side, and the other to the right.
"I'll take one path," said Bunny, "and you can take the other, Sue."
"Oh, no!"
"Why not?"
"'Cause then we'd both be lost."
"Well, we're both lost now."