“May I go with you?” Bunny Brown wanted to know.
“Oh, I should say not!” said his mother. “It’s time you and Sue were in your bunks.”
“But if we’re going ashore, Mother,” said Bunny, “I’ll have to get dressed again.”
“I’m going to take Elizabeth,” added the little girl.
“We aren’t going ashore—not right away, anyhow,” declared their mother. “Now get into your bunks and go to sleep.”
This was easy enough to say, but not so easy to do. Bunny did not want to go alone to the stateroom he shared with his father. He wanted his mother to go with him.
“Well, I’m not going to stay alone!” declared Sue. “Mother has to stay with me until daddy comes back to stay with you, Bunny!”
It being out of the question for Mrs. Brown to be in both staterooms at the same time, she ended the matter by saying:
“You may crawl into my bunk and stay here with Sue and me until daddy returns, Bunny. If you fall asleep daddy will carry you into his room.”
“I won’t fall asleep,” said the little boy. “I’m going to stay awake until daddy comes back.”