Russ, Rose, and all the rest of the six little Bunkers got up early next morning.
"Is It Fourth of July yet?" asked Munroe.
"No, not yet, Mun Bun," answered Rose with a laugh. "But it soon will be—in a few days."
"I'm going to finish my cannon," said Russ.
"Come on!" called Laddie to his twin sister Vi. "Let's go down and dig a hole in the sand pile."
"What for?" she asked. Violet hardly ever did anything without first asking a question about it.
"Huh?"
"What for we dig a hole?"
"To put fire-crackers in," answered Laddie. "And when they shoot off—'Bang!'—they'll make the sand go up in the air."
"Like a sky-rocket?" asked Vi.