While the others went toward the tulip fields, Hanny and Vevi ran to the barn to find the dog. They hitched him to the cart. Vevi climbed in and picked up the reins.
“Now start him easy,” Hanny instructed. “If he tries to run away again, I will punish him.”
The big dog however, seemed to know that with Hanny there, he could not play tricks. When Vevi said “Giddap!” he moved off at a very slow walk.
After a minute or two, the little girl wished that he would go faster. Bruno though, did not feel like trotting or running. He ambled lazily toward the cheese house and then on past the little house where Mr. Van Der Lann had stored his Golden Beauty tulip bulbs.
Vevi noticed that the door no longer was locked.
“I guess your uncle has moved his bulbs somewhere else,” she remarked to Hanny who was walking along beside the cart.
“What?” inquired Hanny, not understanding.
Vevi repeated what she had said, and pointed to the open door.
Hanny stopped short, staring at it.
“That door shouldn’t be open!” she cried. “I’m sure Uncle Peter hasn’t moved the bulbs. We have always kept them there.”