s sister to go. But the trouble was with
Bunny Brown, that he did what he wanted to do first, and thought about
it afterward.

"If I had my fire engine here I could put out the fire," said Bunny. But
his fire engine was only a toy, and though it did squirt water when he
turned the handle, it only sprayed out a little--about a tin cup full.
So I guess it could not have put out a very big fire.

"We'll go to see what it is," decided Sue. She was always willing to go
where Bunny led her.

Bunny looked back toward the automobile. Bunker Blue was not to be seen.
He was under the big van fixing up his cot for the night, that would
soon be turning everything dark. Down a side road Bunny could see his
father and mother, going to the farmhouse for the milk.

"We'll just walk a little way and look at the fire," said Bunny. "Mother
or father won't care about that. And maybe we'll have to tell 'em there
is a fire, so they can telephone for the engines."

"There aren't any telephones here in the woods," said Sue.

"Well, then they can holler for the engines," Bunny remarked. He did not
care much about that part--he wanted to see the fire. "Come on!" he
called to his sister.

And so the two tots started toward the place where they could see the
smoke curling up over the trees. If Bunker Blue had seen the children,
he would have called to them to come back. So would their father and
mother.

But Mr. and Mrs. Brown were hurrying toward the farmhouse, and Bunker
was under the automobile. And just then he had struck his head on a
piece of wood, and his head hurt so that Bunker had to rub it. And tears
came into his eyes, though he did not exactly cry; but the tears did not
let him see very good. That is why he did not see the children set out
toward the fire.

So Bunny and Sue walked on toward the woods. The woods were darker than
the road, and reaching the edge of the trees, Sue hung back.

"I don't want to go in," she whispered. "I'se afraid."

"Oh, don't be afraid," answered Bunny. "I won't let anything hurt you.
Where's Splash? He won't let any one hurt you, either."

But the big dog was, just then, racing over the fields after a bird he
thought he could catch. So no one saw Bunny Brown and his sister Sue, as
they went into the woods. They could see the smoke of the fire much more
plainly now.

And then, all of a sudden, they came to a place in the woods where there
was a camp. There were white tents, and a number of