e to a hard, level road Toby began to
trot. And pretty soon Sue cried:
"Oh, Bunny! Toby has found the way out! We're not lost any more!"
"How do you know?" asked Bunny.
"'Cause I can see Miss Hollyhock's house, and we both know the road home
from there! See it!" and Sue pointed down the road.
CHAPTER XIV
TOBY'S OTHER TRICK
Bunny Brown stood up in the pony cart and looked to where Sue pointed.
Across a little green valley he could see another road, at one point was
a small cottage, nestled among the trees, and with vines growing about
it.
"Yes, that's where Miss Hollyhock lives," he said.
"And then we aren't lost any more, are we?" asked Sue.
"No, I guess not," Bunny said. "But we have to get on that other road."
This the children soon did, taking a highway that cut across the valley.
Toby had taken them out of the woods on a new path, but it was just as
good as the one they had driven on in going to the farm, though longer.
And in a little while they were going past the cottage where lived the
elderly woman, known all around as "Old Miss Hollyhock." This was
because so many of those flowers blossomed near her cottage.
"Well, my dears, where have you been?" she asked.
"Oh, we went to the farm to get some butter for mother," answered Bunny,
"but we got lost."
"We're found now, though," went on Sue. "Now we know the way home."
"Are you sure?" asked Miss Hollyhock.
"Oh, yes," said Bunny. "We've been on this road lots of times."
"Well, trot along home then," said Miss Hollyhock. "If you've been lost
you must have been away from home quite a long while, and your mother
may be worried about you. Trot along home, pony!"
And Toby trotted along home with Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue.
Mrs. Brown, standing at the gate, and looking down the road, saw them
coming.
"Where have you children been?" she asked, coming out to meet them. "I
have been quite worried about you! Where were you?"
"We were lost, Mother!" answered Bunny.
"Lost? Couldn't you find your way to the farm?"
"Oh, yes," he answered. "But coming home we took the wrong road. But
Toby found the right one for us."
"He's as good as Splash," added Sue. "Splash wanted to come with us, but
Bunker took him to the woods. Oh, we had such a good time!"
"Even with getting lost?" asked Mrs. Brown, with a smile. She felt
better, now that the children were safe at home.
"Oh, we weren't lost very long," explained Sue. "It
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