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CHAPTER III THE OLD MAN For a moment the two children did not know what to do. They stood still, looking at the dog who had just drunk the milk from the pail which they had set down in the road so they could chase the squirrel. Then Bunny, made bold by thinking of what might happen if he and his sister went home with the empty pail, thinking also of the pudding which his mother could not make if she had no milk, gave a loud cry. "Get away from there, you bad dog!" cried the little boy. "Leave our milk alone!" and he started to run toward the shaggy creature. "Oh, come back! Come back!" cried Sue. "Don't go near him, Bunny!" "Why not?" her brother asked in some surprise. " 'Cause he might bite you." "Huh! I'm not afraid of him!" declared In The Bio Woods Bunny. "He doesn't look as savage as our Splash, and he never bites anybody, though he barks a lot at tramps." So Bunny ran on toward the shaggy dog. [The animal stood looking at the little boy for a moment and then, with a sort of "wuff !" as if to say, "Well, I've taken all the milk, what are you going to do about it?" away he trotted down the road. Bunny ran on and picked ;up the milk pail. Only a few drops were in the bottom. "See I told you he wouldn't bite me! I'm not afraid of that dog!" the little boy called to his sister. "Yes, you did drive him off," said Sue, proud of her brother. "You are awful brave, Bunny just as brave as when you played soldier and I cured you of the Indian fever, and " "It was arrow fever, I keep tellin' you!" insisted Bunny. "Well, arrow fever then," agreed Sue. "But is there any milk left, Bunny?" "Not a drop, Sue," and Bunny turned the pail upside down to show. In The Big Woods "Well," said thelittle girl with a sigh, "then I guess you weren't brav...
