"Gone?" cried Russ. "Where? Did they bust?"
"I made an airship of 'em," confessed Rose, "and let go the cord when Alexis bumped me, and—and there they go!" and she pointed to the sky.
Well, you can easily imagine that the five little Bunkers felt quite bad at losing their balloons. Margy and Mun Bun cried, being the smallest. Vi looked as if she wanted to, and so did Laddie. But Laddie felt he was too big, and Vi didn't want to do anything her twin brother didn't do; especially crying.
Russ swallowed what seemed to be a lump in his throat, and then, learning that his sister's doll had been carried off in the "airship" and seeing how bad Rose felt, and noticing the tears on her cheeks, he said:
"Oh, well, maybe the balloons would have busted anyhow. I don't care 'cause you lost mine, Rose."
"I don't either," said Laddie bravely.
Then Vi said the same thing. Wasn't that good of them? I think so.
Of course Margy and Mun Bun, being little, felt worse over the loss of their balloons than the others did. But Aunt Jo found some pieces of candy for the little tots, and promised they could have new balloons in a few days.
"And now we'll all go for an auto ride," she said.
That made Margy and Mun Bun smile, and the other little Bunkers also felt better.