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y were doing wrong to go off and try to find the lost Toby pony by themselves. It was rather a long way from the hill near their house to the one from which the boy had said the gypsy camp could be seen, but Bunny and Sue never thought of getting tired. On and on they went and, after a bit, the boy stopped and said: "This is as far as I'm going. But you can see the gypsy tents and wagons down there in the hollow. You go down and see if Toby is there. I'll stop on my way back and help you drive him home if you find him. I have to go on an errand for my mother, but I'll stop at the camp on my way back. I'm not afraid of the gypsies." "I'm not, either," said Bunny. Then, as the boy turned away, Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue, hand in hand, darted down toward this other gypsy camp. And, as they came closer to the tents and wagons, Sue gave a sudden cry. "Look, Bunny!" she exclaimed. "There's Toby!" and she pointed to a little pony that was eating grass under a clump of trees where some other horses were tied. Was it their missing pet? CHAPTER XXIII PRISONERS Their eyes shining bright in anticipation and hope, Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue walked down the grassy hillside to the little glen, in which was the gypsy camp. The nearer they came to where they saw the pony grazing the more sure were they that it was Toby himself. "Oh, we've found him! We've found him!" cried Sue. "Yes, it _is_ him!" added Bunny. "Won't daddy be s'prised when he sees us coming home with Toby?" "And maybe Splash, too," went on Sue. "Do you see him anywhere, Bunny?" "No," answered her brother, "I don't." Bunny did not look around very carefully for Splash. He loved the dog, of course, but, just then, he was more interested in Toby. At first the children did not see any of the gypsies themselves--the men, women or boys and girls. But there were the groups of horses, and with them a pony--their pony, they hoped. And, when they were within a short distance of the little horse, Bunny gave a cry of delight. "Oh, Sue!" he exclaimed. "It _is_ Toby! It _is_! I can see his one white foot!" "And I can see the white spot on his head," added the little girl. "It is our Toby!" And then they ran up to the Shetland pony and threw their arms around its neck, and Sue even kissed Toby, while Bunny patted his glossy neck. "Oh, Toby! we've found you! We've found you!" said Bunny in delight. "And we're never going
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