she did
not notice Bunny and Sue.

The next day the two children slipped out into the hall, and went down
to the street in the elevator.

Once out in the street Bunny and Sue watched until they saw, coming
along, one of the little taxicabs, with the red flag up, which meant
that no one was having a ride in it just then.

"Hi there!" called Bunny, holding up his hand to the man at the steering
wheel.

"Want a ride?" asked the man, as he swung his taxicab up to the curb.

"Yes," answered Bunny. "My sister--Sue and I--we want a ride."

"Where to?" asked the man, as he helped the children up inside the car.

"Oh, we want a nice, long ride," said Bunny. "A nice, long ride; don't
we, Sue?"

"Yep," answered the little girl.

CHAPTER XII

BUNNY ORDERS DINNER

You may think it strange that the man on the taxicab automobile would so
quickly help Bunny Brown and his sister up into his machine and give
them a ride. And that, without asking for any money.

But it was not at all strange in New York. There are many children in
that big city, and often they go about by themselves, some who are no
larger than Bunny and Sue. They get used to looking out for themselves,
learn how to make their way about, and they often go in taxicabs alone.

So the automobile man thought nothing of it when Bunny said he wanted a
ride. The automobile man just thought the children's father, or mother,
had sent them out to go somewhere.

"And so you want a long ride," repeated the automobile man, as he
closed the door so Bunny or Sue would not fall out when he started. "How
about Central Park? Do you want to go there?"

"Do we want to go to Central Park, Sue?" asked Bunny.

"Is they elephants there, like a circus?" asked the little girl.

"Is they?" Bunny asked of the automobile man.

"Yes, there are some animals in the park. Not as many as up in the Bronx
Zoo, but that's a little too far for me to go. I'll take you to Central
Park if you say so."

"Please do," begged Bunny. "We want to see the animals. We were in a
circus once, Sue and I were. Our dog was a blue striped tiger, and we
had a green painted calf, for a zebra."

"That must have been some circus!" laughed the automobile man, as he got
up on his seat, and took hold of the steering wheel. "Well, here we go!"

And away went the automobile, taking Sue and Bunny off to Central Park,
and their mother and Aunt Lu didn't know a thing about it!

"Isn't this nice, Sue?"