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The Brown family decides to spend the summer in a remote but idyllic spot in the forest known as Christmas Tree Cove that is accessible only by boat. As soon as they begin their journey, the fun adventures start. But will their lost dog Splash ever make it back home?

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Publié par	The Floating Press
Date de parution	01 décembre 2016
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781776673698
Langue	English

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BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE AT CHRISTMAS TREE COVE
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LAURA LEE HOPE

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Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Christmas Tree Cove First published in 1920 Epub ISBN 978-1-77667-369-8 Also available: PDF ISBN 978-1-77667-370-4 © 2015 The Floating Press and its licensors. All rights reserved. While every effort has been used to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the information contained in The Floating Press edition of this book, The Floating Press does not assume liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in this book. The Floating Press does not accept responsibility for loss suffered as a result of reliance upon the accuracy or currency of information contained in this book. Do not use while operating a motor vehicle or heavy equipment. Many suitcases look alike. Visit www.thefloatingpress.com
Contents
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Chapter I - The Big Dog Chapter II - In the Carpenter Shop Chapter III - The Diamond Ring Chapter IV - Daddy Brings News Chapter V - Adrift Chapter VI - The Strange Dog Chapter VII - The Sleep-Walker Chapter VIII - A Collision Chapter IX - The Merry Goat Chapter X - In the Storm Chapter XI - Where is Bunny? Chapter XII - Christmas Tree Cove Chapter XIII - A Crash Chapter XIV - In the Dark Chapter XV - Bunny's Toe Chapter XVI - Overboard Chapter XVII - The New Boy Chapter XVIII - Held Fast Chapter XIX - Another Storm Chapter XX - The Floating Box Chapter XXI - Mr. Ravenwood Chapter XXII - The Surprising Letter Chapter XXIII - "That's the Dog!" Chapter XXIV - In the Boat Chapter XXV - What Stopped the Engine
Chapter I - The Big Dog
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"Come on, Bunny, let's just have one more teeter-tauter!" cried Sue,dancing around on the grass of the yard. "Just one more!" and she racedover toward a board, put across a sawhorse, swaying up and down asthough inviting children to have a seesaw.
"We can't teeter-tauter any more, Sue," objected Bunny Brown. "We haveto go to the store for mother."
"Yes, I know we have to go; but we can go after we've had another seesawjust the same, can't we?"
Bunny Brown, who was carrying by the leather handle a black handbag hismother had given him, looked first at his sister and then at the boardon the sawhorse, gently moving up and down in the summer breeze.
"Come on!" cried Sue again, "and this time she danced off toward theswaying board, singing as she did so:
"Teeter-tauter Bread and water, First your son and Then your daughter."
Bunny Brown stood still for a moment, looking back toward the house, outof which he and Sue had come a little while before.
"Mother told us to go to the store," said Bunny slowly.
"Yes, and we're going. I'll go with you in a minute—just as soon as Ihave a seesaw," said Sue. "And, besides, mother didn't say we were not to. If she had told us not to teeter-tauter I wouldn't do it, ofcourse. But she didn't, Bunny! You know she didn't!"
"No, that's so; she didn't," agreed Bunny. "Well, I'll play it with youa little while."
"That's nice," laughed Sue. "'Cause it isn't any fun teetering andtautering all by yourself. You stay down on the ground all the while,lessen you jump yourself up, and then you don't stay—you just bump."
"Yes," agreed Bunny. "I've been bumped lots of times all alone."
He was getting on the end of the seesaw, opposite that on which Sue hadtaken her place, when the little girl noticed that her brother stillcarried the small, black bag. Mother Brown called it a pocketbook, butit would have taken a larger pocket than she ever had to hold the bag.It was, however, a sort of large purse, and she had given it to BunnyBrown and his sister Sue a little while before to carry to the store.
"Put that on the bench," called Sue, when she saw that her brother hadthe purse, holding it by the leather handle. "You can't teeter-tauterand hold on with that in your hand."
There was a bench not far away from the seesaw—a bench under a shadytree—and Mrs. Brown often sat there with the children on warm summerafternoons and told them stories or read to them from a book.
"Yes, I guess I can teeter better if I don't have this," agreed Bunny."Hold on, Sue, I'm going to get off."
"All right, I'm ready," his sister answered. You know if you get off aseesaw without telling the boy or girl on the other end what you aregoing to do, somebody is going to be bumped hard. Bunny Brown didn'twant that.
Sue put her fat, chubby little legs down on the ground and held herselfup, while Bunny ran across the grass and laid the pocketbook on thebench. I suppose I had better call it, as Mrs. Brown did, a pocketbook,and then we shall not get mixed up. But, as I said before, you couldn'treally put it in a pocket.
"Seesaw, Margery Daw!" sang Sue, as Bunny came back to play with her."Now we'll have some fun!"
And the children did. Up and down they went on the board their fatherhad sent up from his boat dock for them to play with. He had also sentup the sawhorse. A sawhorse, you know, is made of wood, and, though ithas legs, it can't run. It's just a sort of thin bench, and a seesawboard can easily be put across it.
Bunny Brown and his sister Sue were gaily swaying up and down on theseesaw, and, for the time, they had forgotten all about the fact thattheir mother had sent them to the store to pay a bill, and also to getsome groceries. They had not meant to stay so long, but you know how itis when you get to seesawing.
"It's just the finest fun ever!" cried Sue.
"I'm sorry for boys and girls that ain't got any seesaws," said herbrother.
"Oh, I guess a lot of boys and girls have 'em, Bunny. Daddy said so,once."
"Did he? I didn't hear him."
Up and down, up and down went the children, laughing and having asplendid time. Sue felt so happy she began to sing a little song andBunny joined in. It was the old ditty of the Cow that Jumped Over theMoon.
"We'd better go now, Sue!" called Bunny, after a while. "We can seesawwhen we get back."
"Oh, just five more times up and down!" pleaded the little girl, shakingher curls and fairly laughing out of her eyes. "Just five more!"
"All right!" agreed Bunny. "Just five—that's all!"
Again the board swayed up and down, and when Sue was just sorrowfullycounting the last of the five, shouting and laughter were heard in thestreet in front of the Brown house.
"Oh, there's Mary Watson and Sadie West!" cried Sue.
"Yes, and Charlie Star and Harry Bentley!" added Bunny. "Come on in andhave a lot of fun!" he called, as two boys and two girls came past thegate. "We can take turns seesawing."
"That'll be fun!" said Charlie.
"Can't we get another board and make another seesaw?" asked Harry. "Wecan't all get on that one. It'll break."
"I guess we can find another board," said Bunny. "I'll go and ask mymother."
"No!" said Sue quickly. "You'd better not, Bunny!"
"Why?" asked her brother, in surprise.
"'Cause if you go in now mother will know we didn't go to the store, andshe might not like it. We'd better go now and let Charlie and Harry andSadie and Mary have the teeter-tauter until we come back," suggestedSue. "It'll hold four, our board will, but not six."
Bunny Brown thought this over a minute.
"Yes, I guess we had better do that," he said. Then, speaking to hisplaymates, he added: "We have to go to the store, Charlie, Sue and I.You can play on the seesaw until we come back. And then, maybe, we canfind another board, and make two teeters."
"I have a board over in my yard. I'll get that," offered Charlie, "if wecan get another sawhorse."
"We'll look when we come back," suggested Sue. "Come on, Bunny."
Sue got off the seesaw, as did her brother, and their places were takenby Charlie, Harry, Mary and Sadie. Though Sue was a little younger thanBunny, she often led him when there was something to do, either in workor play. And just now there was work to do.
It was not hard work, only going to the store for their mother with thepocketbook to pay a bill at the grocer's and get some things for supper.And it was work Bunny Brown and his sister Sue liked, for often whenthey went to the grocer's he gave each a sweet cracker to eat on the wayhome.
Bunny, followed by Sue, started for the bench where the pocketbook hadbeen left. But, before they reached it, and all of a sudden, a bigyellow dog bounced into the yard from the street. It leaped the fenceand stood for a moment looking at the children.
"Oh, what a dandy dog!" cried Charlie.
"Is that your dog, Splash, come back?" asked Harry, for Bunny and hissister had once owned a dog of that name. Splash had run away or beenstolen in the winter and had never come back.
"No, that isn't Splash," said Bunny. "He's a nice dog, though. Here,boy!" he called.
The dog, that had come to a stop, turned suddenly on hearing himselfspoken to. He gave one bound over toward the bench, and a moment latercaught in his mouth the leather handle of Mrs. Brown's black pocketbookand darted away.
Over the fence he jumped, out into the street, so quickly that thechildren could hardly follow him with their eyes. But it was only aninstant that Bunny Brown remained still, watching the dog. Then he gavea cry:
"Oh, Sue! The dog has mother's pocketbook and the money! Come on! We'vegot to get it away from him!"
"Oh, yes!" echoed Sue.
Bunny ran out of the yard and into the street, following the dog. Suefollowed her brother. The four other children, being on the seesaw,could not move so quickly, and by the time they did get off the board,taking turns carefully, so no one would get bounced, Bunny Brown and hissister Sue were out of sight, down the street and around a corner,chasing after the dog that had snatched up their mother's pocketbook.
"We've got to get him!" cried Bunny, looking back at his sister. "Comeon!"
"I am a-comin' on!" she panted, half out of breath.
The big yellow dog was in plain sight, bounding along and still holdingin his mouth, as Bunny could see, the dangling pocketbook.
Suddenly the animal turned into some building, and was at once out ofsight.
"Where'd he go?" asked Sue.