They each had five cents, that Aunt Lu had given them, but they were allowed to spend only one penny of it this day, as their mother did not wish them to eat too much candy.
"I'm going to buy a lollypop—they last longer," Bunny announced.
"I'll get one, too," agreed Sue, as they entered the toy place. The door swung open, a bell over it ringing to call Mrs. Redden, for she lived in rooms back of the store, where she kept house.
"How are you, Bunny and Sue?" asked the candy-lady as she smiled at them. "I was beginning to think you had forgotten me."
"Oh, no," Bunny said.
"We'd never forget you," declared Sue. "I want a lollypop and so does
Bunny."
Mrs. Redden opened the glass show-case in which the candy was kept. As she reached in her hand, to take out the lollypops, Bunny and Sue, standing in front, saw a brown, hairy paw also put into the case. And the brown paw, which was close to Mrs. Redden's hand, caught up a bunch of lollypops and quickly pulled them out.
"Oh! oh! oh, dear!" screamed Mrs. Redden. "Oh, what is it?"
A second later a brown, furry animal jumped up from back of the counter, and scrambled from shelf to shelf, until it was on the very top one. And there the animal sat, peeling the wax paper off a lollypop.
"Oh, what is it? What is it?" cried Mrs. Redden. "Oh, take it away!"