old floating log, like
the one we pegged stones at the other day. It isn't an alligator at
all."

She was glad of it, but she did not say so.

"It looked like an alligator, anyhow," she remarked.

"Yes," agreed Bunny, as he tossed a stone near the black object, hitting
it and thus making sure it was not alive. "It did look like an
alligator. But we'll find some--come on."

However, this did not seem to be a very good day for alligators, and the
children had reached the most distant end of the island without seeing
any when suddenly Sue, who had wandered a little ahead of her brother,
called out:

"Look, there's another island!"

And, surely enough, there was a smaller one a short distance from the
larger one on which the children had first landed.

"Come on! We'll go there!" cried Bunny. "Maybe there's alligators
there!"

He hurried down to the strip of water that separated the two islands.
Then he began to roll up his trousers as far above his knees as he
could.

"What you going to do?" asked Sue.

"I'm going to wade over to that other island," Bunny answered.

"Maybe the water's deep," suggested his sister.

"Well, if it is I won't go," Bunny replied. "But I don't guess it is."

"And maybe there's alligators in the water," went on Sue.

Bunny paused and looked at the strip between the two islands, one
large, on which they then were, the other smaller. Nothing seemed to be
in the strip of water.

"I guess it's all right," said Bunny Brown, as he finished rolling up
his trousers.

Into the water he waded, and as Sue did not want to be left behind she
followed, holding up her dress and skirt to keep them dry. She hurried
over the strip of water, which was quite shallow, only coming to the
knees of the children.

"Now maybe we'll find some alligators here," Bunny said hopefully, as he
started along the shore of the second island, Sue following.

Again Sue hoped Bunny would not have any luck finding the scaly
creatures, but she did not say so.

"How long you going to stay here, Bunny?" asked Sue, when they had
walked almost around the small island. "I'm getting hungry again."

"Well, we'll go back pretty soon and eat the rest of the lunch," agreed
Bunny. "But I wish--"

He suddenly stopped what he was saying and looked sharply ahead. Sue
looked also, and what she saw made her rush to the side of her brother,
cling to his arm and cry:

"There they are! There are the alligators!"

"Yes!" excl