“Farmer Joel!” said Russ, in a musing tone as they all turned to go back home. “I wonder if we could go there?”
“Maybe you’ll have the chance,” his mother said, smiling.
“Oh! Oh! Oh!” cried the six little Bunkers in delight.
“But I can’t tell you any more now,” Mrs. Bunker went on. “It’s a secret!”
CHAPTER III
THE SECRET
Mrs. Bunker could not have said anything more exciting than the word “secret” if she had tried for a week. Hearing it, the six little Bunkers fairly jumped for joy.
“Oh, ho! A secret!” cried Russ.
“Let me guess what it is!” begged Laddie, acting as though he thought it a riddle.
“Oh, tell me!” cried Rose. “I won’t tell the others, Mother.”
“No, no!” laughed Mrs. Bunker. “When it is time to tell the secret you shall all know it at once.”