e left one on the chair
by my bed. Now let me think what it is bears like best."

"It's honey," answered Sue.

"How do you know?" her brother asked.

"'Cause I read it in the animal book. It told about a bear climbing a
bee-tree----"

"What's a bee-tree?" interrupted Bunny.

"It's a hollow tree where a bee makes its nest and lays honey eggs,"
explained Sue, in a very funny way, you see. "And the bear climbed that
tree and got the bee's honey."

"Wouldn't the bee sting him?" asked Bunny. "I was stung by a bee once,
on Grandpa's farm, and I wasn't climbing the bee-tree either."

"Oh, well, that was an accident," declared Sue. "Besides a bear has
thick fur on him and the only place where a bee can hurt him is on his
soft and tender nose. And before he climbs a bee-tree, the bear puts
thick mud on his nose like a plaster so the bee can't sting that, so
he's all right."

"Hum," said Bunny. "Then we'll go and find a bee-tree, and maybe your
Teddy bear will be there."

"But my Teddy bear Sallie Malinda can only make-believe walk!" exclaimed
Sue. "She can only make-believe eat honey, too."

"Then we'll look for a make-believe honey-tree," said Bunny. "Come on,
Sue!"

Sue seemed to hold back.

"Come on!" cried Bunny again, always ready to start something. "Let's
get dressed and go to hunt for the Teddy bear."

It was very early, and Mr. and Mrs. Brown were not yet awake. Mrs.
Brown, however, soon heard the children moving about and she called to
them:

"What's the matter?"

"Sue's doll is gone," said Bunny.

"My nice Teddy bear one," added Sue.

"He's gone off to find a bee's nest to get honey," went on Bunny.

"My bear ain't a 'he'--she's a 'she,'" declared Sue. "And her name is
Sallie Malinda."

"Well, no matter what her name is, she is lost," said Bunny. "We're
going to find her."

"Look here, children!" called Mr. Brown, who was now awake. "Don't go
off on any wild goose chase."

"We're not after wild geese. We're going after Sue's bear," replied
Bunny.

"What! Is Sue's bear taken, too?" cried Mr. Brown.

"She's either taken or else she walked away," Bunny said.

"Sue's bear wasn't the walking kind, though they did have some of that
sort," said the children's father. "But if your bear is gone, some one
must have taken it just as they did Bunny's train of cars. I must look
into this. You children stay right where you are until I get dressed and
we'll make a search. Meanwhile look around the t