"What's the secret?" cried Sue.
"What is Bunker making all the sharp-pointed sticks for?" Bunny wanted
to know.
Their mother smiled at them. From a shelf over the oil stove she took
down a large platter on which she put the eggs she was cooking.
"What is the secret, Mother?" begged Bunny. "Please tell us!"
"Yes," added Sue. "We've guessed and guessed, but we can't guess right.
Bunker said you might tell us."
Mrs. Brown laughed, and, after she had put the platter of eggs on the
table, she pointed to two large, round, tin boxes on a chair in the big
tent.
"Can you read what it says on those boxes?" Mrs. Brown asked Bunny.
Bunny looked at the long word.
"It begins with a 'M'," he said, "and the next letter is 'A' and then
comes----"
"Oh, I know what's next!" cried Sue. "It's a 'R.' I can tell by the
funny little tail that kicks up behind. It's just like the 'B' for Brown
in our name, only the R has a kick-up tail at the end. That letter is a
'R'; isn't it, Mother?"
"Yes," answered Mrs. Brown. "But what is the whole word, Bunny? If you
can tell what it is you'll know the secret.
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