“We’ll go to the hospital now,” said Bunny, as he and Sue stuck the daisies, buttercups and dandelions in among the apples. “Mr. Pott will be glad to see us.”
“Yes, I guess he will,” agreed Sue.
There was only one hospital in Bellemere, and the children knew where it was, as it was not far from their house. So they walked along toward it, turning from the orchard out into a side street, which did not take them past their home. If they had gone past carrying that queer looking basket of fruit and flowers and if Mrs. Brown had seen them, she would very likely not have let them go.
As it was, Bunny and Sue tramped along the streets, and more than one man and woman turned to look at the two pretty children for they made a beautiful picture, carrying the basket between them.
When Bunny and Sue made up their minds to do anything, they went right ahead with it. They were not bashful or afraid. Just now their minds were so filled with doing what they thought was a kindness to Mr. Pott that there was not any room for thoughts of being afraid.
So they marched boldly up the front steps of the hospital and into the reception room, where a pleasant-faced nurse, wearing a white uniform and a white cap, met them.
“How do you do, children,” she greeted them.
“Hello,” answered Bunny Brown.
“We have come—we’ve come to your hospital,” added Sue.
“Oh, have you?” asked the nurse, smiling. “Well, we’re glad to see you. But you don’t look as if you needed hospital treatment; either of you.”