“We’ve been to the hospital,” answered Bunny.
“Where?” asked his mother, in surprise.
“To the hospital to see Mr. Pott. We took him some nice apples and buttercups,” explained Sue.
“Good land!” cried Bunker Blue, who was working around the yard. “I heard them say they were going to the hospital,” he told Mrs. Brown, “but I thought it was only one of their make-believe games.”
“We truly went to the hospital, and we saw Mr. Pott,” went on Bunny. “But he talks funny, so we came away.”
“Of all things!” cried Mrs. Brown. “What will you two do next? But don’t try to think up any queer things to do,” she was quick to say. “I’ve been looking for you to have you get ready to go with your father and me on the ocean trip.”
“Oh, on the rolling ocean!” cried Bunny Brown.
“Are we going now?” asked Sue eagerly. “If we are I must see which of my dolls I’m going to take.”
“No, we aren’t going now,” answered her mother, with a smile. “But your father telephoned a little while ago that we would start for Philadelphia the day after to-morrow. So I must get ready sooner than I thought I would need to. That’s why I was looking for you children. But I never imagined you had gone to the hospital. How is Mr. Pott?”
“He’s better,” said Sue.