"Oh, Bunny!" Sue cried at last. "I want to ride!"
"But how can you?" asked the little boy.
"If you had brought Splash, and the express wagon, we could have a nice ride."
"That's so," said Bunny slowly. He had not thought of that. He stood in the road and looked back toward grandpa's house. Just then there were no wagons or carriages in the road. But Bunny saw a small cloud of dust coming toward him. Faster and faster it came. Then he heard a bark.
"Oh, Bunny!" cried Sue. "Is that Splash?"
"I—I don't know," began Bunny Brown, but in another second he saw that it was their big, shaggy dog.
"Oh, it is Splash!" cried Sue. "I'm so glad he came. Now, if an elephant tries to bite us when you're watering it, Bunny, Splash will bite him."
"Elephants aren't afraid of dogs," said Bunny. "But I'm glad you came, Splash."
"I wish he'd brought the express wagon, and I could ride," said Sue, with a sigh.
But that was too much to wish for. The two children had slipped away that morning without calling for Splash to go with them. Bunny thought if the dog came Mother Brown might see, and ask Bunny and Sue where they were going. And of course they would have to tell.