“Apples,” announced Bunny. “Always they take fruit to folks that are sick in the hospital.”
“Yes, and flowers, too,” said Sue. “Once Sadie West’s mother was sick in the hospital and Sadie took her flowers.”
“Sure, we can take flowers, too,” agreed Bunny. “There are flowers growing over there,” and he pointed to a distant meadow gay with dandelions and daisies. “You pick a lot of flowers, Sue, and I’ll get some of these apples and we’ll take them to Mr. Pott in the hospital. In a basket,” he added. “You have to take stuff to people in a hospital in a basket. I’ll get a basket.”
“And I’ll pick the flowers,” agreed Sue. “Oh, this’ll be lots of fun, won’t it, Bunny?”
“Lots of fun,” agreed the little boy. “Mr. Pott’ll be glad to get the apples and the flowers.”
Sue crawled through the fence to go to the meadow to pick a bouquet of daisies and dandelions while Bunny ran back to the house to get a basket. He met Bunker Blue who had been sent to the house by Mr. Brown on an errand.
“Hello, Bunker!” called Bunny to the big, red-haired youth.
“Hello,” answered Bunker. “Going fishing, Bunny?” he asked when he saw the basket which the little boy had found in the woodshed. It was a basket used to bring chips into the house for starting the fire.
“No, I’m not going fishing,” gravely answered Bunny, as he started back to the apple tree.
“Where are you going then?” Bunker Blue wanted to know.