"Now for our walk!" called Mother Brown, when the dinner things had been cleared away, and Tom Vine had washed and dried the dishes, Bunny and Sue helping. "We'll take a walk over near the waterfall. I want to take a picture of it."
But, when they were all ready to start—Bunker Blue, Splash and all—Tom Vine could not be found.
"Why, where is he?" asked Bunny. "He was here a minute ago, for I saw him."
"Maybe he's losted," said Sue. She and Bunny got lost or "losted," as they called it. so often, that Sue thought that trouble could very easily happen to anyone.
"No, he isn't lost," said Daddy Brown. "Tom! Tom!" he called. "Where are you?"
"I'm here," was the answer, and Tom stood up. He had been sitting behind a thick bush, down near the edge of the lake.
"Oh, we were looking for you," Mr. Brown said. "Don't you want to come for a walk with us? We are going over toward the waterfall. It is very nice there."
Tom shook his head.
