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ow!" Bunny was willing, for he was hungry too, and the children, taking the basket of lunch, sat down in a shady place on the shore to eat. As Sue was taking off the napkins, in which the sandwiches and cakes were wrapped, she happened to think of something. "Oh, Bunny!" Sue said. "Part of this lunch was for Bunker Blue." Bunny thought for a second or two. "Well, Bunker isn't here now," he said, "and he can't get here, less'n he swims. I don't guess he'll want any lunch, Sue." "And anyhow, he can catch a fish," said Sue. "Bunker is good at fishing, and he likes to eat 'em." "I wonder where Bunker is now," pondered Bunny. He looked back up the lake. He could not see the island where they had left Bunker. It was out of sight around a bend in the lake shore. "Do you think he'll swim down here and want some lunch?" asked Sue. "No," answered Bunny. "We can eat all this. Bunker won't come." And so the children began on their lunch, sharing some of it with Splash, who, after a bath in the lake, lay down in the sun to dry himself. By this time Bunker Blue, back on the far end of the island, had caught three fine, big fish. He was so excited and glad about getting them that, for a while, he forgot all about Bunny Brown and his sister Sue. Then he happened to remember them. "I'll go back to the boat and get the children," said Bunker Blue to himself. "They can catch fish here, and that will tickle Bunny. He never yet caught real big fish like these." But when Bunker went to the place where he had left Bunny and Sue in the boat, the children were not there, nor was there any sight of the boat. Bunker had been fishing by himself longer than he thought, and by this time Bunny and Sue were out of sight around a bend in the shore. Bunker rubbed his eyes. Then he looked again. There was no doubt of it--the boat was gone, and so were the children. "Where can they be?" asked Bunker, aloud. But there was no one on the little island to answer him. Then the red-haired boy happened to think that perhaps Bunny might have taken the boat around to the other end of the island. Bunker quickly ran there, but no boat was to be seen. "They've either drifted away," said Bunker, "or else they've rowed themselves away. It's too bad; but they know how to behave in a boat, that's one good thing. They won't try to stand up, and so fall overboard. I wonder if I could call to them?" Bunker shouted, but Bunny and Sue w
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