"No, dear."
"Oh, why not?"
"Because I just saw Splash splashing through a puddle of muddy water. If he came in now he'd get you all dirty and he would spoil my carpet."
"But what can we do, Mother?" Sue asked, and her voice sounded almost as if she were going to cry.
"We want to do something," added Bunny.
"Oh, dear!" sighed Mrs. Brown, yet she could not help smiling. Rainy days were hard when two children had to stay in the house all the while.
"We can play 'spress wagon without Splash!" exclaimed Sue, for she was a good little girl, and did not want to make her mother worry.
"All right," agreed Bunny. "We'll just make believe we have Splash with us to pull the pretend wagon."
He and Sue often played pretend, and make-believe, games, and they had much fun this way. Now they turned one chair on the side, and put another in front. The turned-
