"Then we'll go for Captain Roy!" went on Russ. "He used to be a soldier, and he'll know how to find lost people."
"Yes, I guess that's the best thing to do," said Mrs. Bunker. "Though I hate to go away and leave Violet all alone here, wherever she is. But it's the only way to find her. Come, we'll hurry back to the house and get Captain Roy."
So the five little Bunkers and their mother hurried over the plain toward the Three Star Ranch house.
And now I know you are wondering what happened to Violet, so I am going to tell you. For you know a book-writer can be in two places at the same time.
When Violet started out to give her doll a walk the little girl had no notion of going very far. If she had been at home she would have gone just down to the corner of her block and back. But there are no corners or blocks on the open plain, so Violet just walked over the green fields.
"Do you like it here, Su-San?" she asked.
"Oh, you do," she went on, pretending that her doll had spoken. "And you want to go a little farther, don't you?"
Violet made believe listen to what her doll said.
"Oh, you want to pick some flowers. Well, that will be nice," went on the little girl. "We'll pick a nice bouquet and we'll take it to Rose's doll."
There were flowers growing on the plain, and Violet began picking some, making believe her doll helped. Now, you know how it is when you go to pick blossoms. First you see a nice one, then, farther on, you see one that is a little better, and pretty soon you see one that is prettier than all, and you go for that one, and, before you know it, you are a long way from where you started.