“All aboard!” cried Bunny Brown. “Toot! Toot! All aboard!”
Again Sue stepped on the grass, which was not water because it was a pier, and soon she was in her box cabin.
Bunny started the ship off once more, hissing to show that steam was blowing out of the pipes and now and then whistling to tell other ships to get out of his path.
Sue held her “daughter” in her arms and pretended to show her whales and sharks as they sailed along the grassy-green rolling ocean.
Pretty soon Bunny left his place in the forward box and walked back along the plank toward his sister Sue. Bunny held out his hand to Sue as if he wanted something.
“What do you want, Captain Ward?” asked the little girl.
“I’m not Captain Ward now,” Bunny answered. “I’m the conductor and I want your ticket.”
“They don’t have conductors on ships,” retorted Sue. “They have conductors on trolley cars and steam cars.”
“Well, I’m the ticket-taker, anyhow, and you’ve got to give me a ticket or I’ll put you off the ship,” announced Bunny.
“Oh, all right, I’ll give you a ticket,” agreed Sue.