“He must be asleep,” Mary said, and called a little louder.
“He isn’t there!” exclaimed Tommy going nearer to the A-coop and looking in. “Muffs, you promised to put him back the last time we played Bunny Tag.”
“I did put him back. I know I did.”
“Then Mom must have taken him out,” said Tommy. “Let’s go in the house and see.”
Muffs and Mary lifted their dresses high because they were full of lettuce and spinach leaves. Tommy held his hands straight out at his sides dangling yellow carrots. Mrs. Tyler was sitting at the kitchen table peeling potatoes when they entered the house. She looked up.
“Oh, you’ve gathered lettuce for dinner,” she exclaimed. “How nice of you to think of it.”
Muffs emptied the lettuce into a pan without a word.
“And carrots,” Mrs. Tyler went on, taking them from Tommy’s hands. “How young they are! Almost too young to cook, but I guess we can eat them.”