s a fox, or anything else, just going in, we don't want to
scare him away."
"No," said Sue. "I won't make any noise."
She walked along quietly behind her brother. Now they were in sight of
the box-trap Bunny had made.
"Is--is anything in it?" Sue asked.
"Yes, I think so," her brother answered. "Don't make a noise. The box is
down, and I guess something is under it. I hope it's a fox."
"I don't," said Sue. "Foxes bite."
"Well, you can sell 'em for a lot of money," argued Bunny. "And maybe I
could train this one. But maybe it's only a ground-hog."
"I don't like them either," said Sue, "'cause one bit Splash."
"Say, what kind of animals _do_ you like?" asked Bunny, turning to look
at his sister. "What would you like me to catch in my trap?"
"A nice kitty cat," said Sue quickly. "Then I could have her to play
with, and she'd like me and my dolls. Couldn't you catch a nice white
kitty cat, Bunny?"
Bunny did not answer. He was looking at his box trap. His eyes opened
widely.
"Oh, look, Sue!" he cried. "Look! My trap is moving! Something big is
under the box!"
CHAPTER XXI
BUNKER GOES ASHORE
"Bunny! Bunny! I--I want to go home!" cried Sue.
"What for?" asked her brother. "It's nice here, and I've got something
in the trap, Sue."
"I know it, Bunny. I can see it move. That's why I want to go back to
camp."
"Are you 'fraid, Sue?"
Sue nodded her head, and clasped closer in her arms the doll she had
brought with her.
"Wait until we see what's in the trap--under the box," said Bunny. "I'll
lift it up and look under. If it's a fox I won't let him out."
Bunny started toward the box that was still moving slowly about on the
big flat rock where Bunny had set his trap.
"Don't you touch it!" cried Sue. "Don't lift up the box, Bunny!"
"Why not?" he asked.
"'Cause the fox might get out and bite us. Let it alone."
Bunny stood still and looked at the box. It had stopped moving for a
while. Then it began again, going about in a sort of circle.
"Why--why!" cried Sue. "It's just like Blind Man's Buff!"
And, really, that is how the box moved about, just like some boy or
girl, with a handkerchief tied over his or her eyes, trying to move
about to catch someone, and yet trying not to bang into a tree or the
fence.
"The fox, woodchuck, or whatever it is under my box," said Bunny Brown,
"can't see which way he's going. That's why the box jiggles around so
funny. But I'm going to se
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