looked all over, and we coulda't find them, Mr. Hermit"
"I almost found one," said Bunny. "It was a horse walking along the road. But it wasn't grandpa's."
"And a cow tickled Bunker Blue in the ribs, when he was sleeping under our automobile," Sue explained. "I mean Bunker was sleeping, not the cow. The cow was eating grass, she was, and her horns tickled Bunker."
The hermit shook his head.
"You are queer children," he said. "But tell me about your grandpa's horses."
Between them, one telling part, and the other helping, Bunny and Sue told the story of the Gypsies taking Grandpa Brown's best team of horses.
"And we've looked, and looked, but we can't find them," said Sue. "Once Bunny found Aunt Lu's diamond ring that was lost. It was in the lobster claw all the while, and we didn't know it."
"But we forgot to look for the horses today," said Bunny. "You didn't see them; did you, Mr. Hermit?"
