ue,
for the water back of the fall looked like a little pond now, though of
course it was not large enough for any boat bigger than a make-believe
one.

"Maybe I could make a boat," Bunny answered. He began looking in the
woods on either side of the brook for some boards, of which to make a
boat, but of course he could not find any.

"I could make a raft, like Robinson Crusoe did, if I could get some big
pieces of trees," Bunny said to his sister. He tried to pull down to the
water's edge some big tree branches that had been broken off in a storm,
but he was not strong enough.

"Maybe we could fish in our pond," suggested Sue, when she saw that her
brother could not build a raft, on which to go sailing.

"We haven't anything to fish with," replied Bunny. "And, anyhow, I guess
there wouldn't be any fish. They won't come where you play in the water.
They're scared to come. But, oh, Sue! I know what we can do!"

"What?"

"We can go wading in the water. It's real nice and deep, now."

"Yes," said Sue, as she looked at the pond of water back of the fall.
"It's deep, Bunny."

"Oh, come on!" cried Bunny. "I'll go in first, Sue, and show you how
deep it is!"

Bunny rolled up his little trousers as far above his knees as they would
go. Then, taking a stick, to poke in the water ahead of him, to make
sure it was not too deep, he started to wade.

"Oh, Sue!" he cried. "This is fun! Come on in!"

"I'm afraid I'll get my dress wet, Bunny."

"Oh, come on!" Bunny cried. "This is fun! It's just like----"

Bunny suddenly stopped speaking, and a queer look came over his face.

"Oh, Sue! Sue!" he cried. "I'm sinking down in the mud! I--I can't pull
my feet loose! Oh dear! Help me out, Sue!"

But Sue was not going to step into that deep-looking water. For if Bunny
was stuck fast she would be stuck, too.

"I--I'm afraid, Bunny," she called to him.

"But I have to get out, Sue! I can't get out if you don't help me!"

Bunny tried to raise first one leg, and then the other. Both were held
fast in the sticky mud under the water. He almost fell over, he tried so
hard to pull loose his feet.

"Oh, look, out!" cried Sue, as she saw her brother nearly fall.

"Oh, Sue! Sue!" and Bunny was almost crying. "What am I going to do?
Will I have to stay here forever?"

Sue didn't know just what to answer. But finally she said:

"Wait, Bunny. I'll get a long stick, and let you take hold of one end of
it. I'll keep hold of the oth