“That’s a dollar and fifty-seven cents,” he finally said.
Sue took out a large green leaf and two smaller ones. And Bunny gave her back, in change, two red petals from a rose.
“Come again, Mrs. Anderson,” he called as Sue, tucking her doll under one arm and her packages under the other, started away from the play store. She walked across the grass and down toward the bushes that grew as a sort of hedge in front of the house.
As she neared the gate, Sue saw something which caused her to cry out:
“Oh, look, Bunny! Look! Quick!”
“Say, didn’t I tell you I’m Mr. Gordon, the grocer, and you mustn’t call me Bunny?” cried the little boy. “Now I’m not going to play store any more!”
“I don’t want to play store!” exclaimed Sue, who was much excited. “Look, Bunny! It’s a runaway horse and he’s coming right this way!”
This made Bunny forget all about being a grocer. Out from behind the counter he ran to join his sister near the gate. He saw, coming down the street, a galloping horse on the back of which was a man who either had lost the bridle or who did not know how to manage the animal.
“Oh, Sue, it is a runaway!” gasped Bunny, and for the first time since the store game had begun he called his sister by her right name. “I wonder whose it is?”
“I guess it’s that man’s,” said Sue. “Look! He’s coming right for us! I’m going to run!”