Away ran Sue, but she did not go far before she met Bunker Blue.
"Well!" he cried. "I was just wondering where you were. Your mother sent me to look for you. Where's Bunny, Sue?"
"Oh, he's sinking down in the mud!"
"Sinking down in the mud? Why, what do you mean?"
"Oh, hurry, Bunker Blue! Bunny made a waterfall, and then he went wading in it, and he can't get his feet out, and he 'most pulled me in and he's scared and so am I and—and——"
But poor Sue could say no more.
"Well, well!" cried Bunker. "I don't know what it's all about, but show me where Bunny is."
He took hold of Sue's hand, and hurried back with her, and pretty soon Bunker saw Bunny in the middle of the little pond. Bunker did not stop to take off his shoes and stockings.
Wading in, with his shoes on, Bunker reached Bunny, who was just about to cry. In his strong arms Bunker lifted Bunny up out of the mud and water and waded with him to dry land.
"There! Now you're all right," he said. "What did you do that for, Bunny?"