He went down to the boat with the children and Bunker Blue, and they were soon back at camp.
"Did you see anything of him?" asked Mrs. Brown, coming down to the edge of the lake, as she saw the boat nearing the shore.
"No," answered Mr. Brown. "Mr. Trimble said he isn't at the farm, and I don't believe he is. You didn't see anything of him while we were gone, did you?"
Mrs. Brown shook her head.
"Uncle Tad has been looking up around the spring again," she said, "but he couldn't find him."
"Oh dear!" sighed Bunny. "Poor Tom is lost!"
"He must have been frightened by something at the spring," said Mr. Brown, "and have run off."
"Well, there's one thing we don't have to worry about," said Mrs. Brown. "There aren't any wild animals in these woods. None of them could get Tom."
She said that so Bunny and Sue would not be thinking about it.
