"I'm hungry," announced Mun Bun. "I want some bread and peaches."
"So do I!" added Margy.
Bill Johnson, the good-natured cook, did not have jam to give the children, as Grandmother Ford had done when they were at Great Hedge, so he gave them canned peaches instead. And they liked these almost as much.
"Well, I'll take Mun Bun and Margy to the house," said Mrs. Bunker. "You other children can play here in the woods, if you like. But don't any of you get lost again."
They promised that they would not, and, after Margy and Mun Bun had gone with their father and mother, Russ and Laddie, with Rose and Violet, played the hiding game some more.
But finally the two girls grew tired, and said they were going to play keep house with their dolls.
"Well, it's no fun for us two to play hide from each other," said Russ to Laddie. "What'll we do?"
"Let's guess riddles," suggested Laddie.
"No, that isn't any fun, either," said Russ. "You'd think of all the riddles and I'd have to think of all the answers. I know what let's do!"
"What?"