her for you!" cried Bunny, and he was just going to jump down
in among the fish, too, but Bunker Blue caught him by the arm.

"You'll spoil all your clothes if you do that, little man!" Bunker said.

"But I want to get Sue's doll!"

Bunny himself did not care anything about dolls; he would not play with
them. But he loved his sister Sue, and he knew that she was very fond of
this doll, so he wanted to get it for her. That was why he was ready to
jump down in the hold (as that part of the ship is called) among the
flapping fish.

"I'll get her for you," said Bunker. With a long pole Bunker fished up
the doll. Her dress was all wet, for there was water on the fish.

"And oh! dear! She smells just like a fish herself!" cried Sue,
puckering up her nose in a funny way.

"You can take off her dress and wash it," said Bunny.

"Yes," said Sue, "I can do that, and I will." She took off the doll's
dress, and then looked for some place to wash it.

"Here, Sue, give it to me," said the captain of the boat, for he knew
Bunny and Sue very well indeed. "I'll soon have the dress clean for
you."

"How?" asked Sue, as she gave it to Captain Tuttle.

He tied the dress to a string, and then dipped it in the water, over the
side of the boat. Up and down in the water he lifted the doll's dress,
pulling it up by the string.

"That's how we sailors wash our clothes when we're in a hurry," said
Captain Tuttle. "Now when your doll's dress is dry, it will be nice and
clean. You can hang it up here to dry, while you're watching us take
out the fish."

He fastened Sue's doll's dress on a line over the cabin, and then he and
his men took the fish out of the boat, and packed them in barrels in ice
to send to the city.

Bunny and Sue looked on, and thought it great fun. Sometimes a big flat
fish, called a flounder, would slip from one of the baskets, in which
the men were putting them, and flop out on deck, almost sliding
overboard.

Soon all the fish were out, and as Sue's doll's dress was now dry, she
and Bunny started back home.

"Well, we had fun then, Sue," said the little boy. "Didn't we?"

"Yes," agreed his sister. "But what can we do this afternoon?"

"Oh, we'll go down to Charlie Star's house and have some fun. He's got a
new swing and a hammock."

"Oh, that will be fine!" cried Sue.

The children had a good time playing with Charlie that afternoon. Others
of their playmates came also, and Bunny and Sue told of the jo