He'll never come back this way again. Well, we haven't found
Tom Vine yet; have we?" and he looked at Bunny and Sue.
"No, and you never will find him," said Mr. Trimble. "Boys are no good.
Tom ran away from you same as he did from me. But maybe I was a little
too harsh with him. I wouldn't lock him up in a dark smoke-house,
though. That's no place for a boy."
Bunny and Sue were glad to hear the farmer say that.
"Well, we'd better be getting on to the village," said Mr. Brown. "Come
along, children."
"Oh, let's wait for Splash to come back," said Bunny. "I don't want him
to be lost."
CHAPTER XX
IN BUNNY'S TRAP
Pretty soon Splash was seen coming over the hills. He did not run fast,
for he was tired from having chased the fox. The dog was wet and muddy,
too.
"Oh, Daddy! What happened to Splash?" asked Bunny, as the dog came
slowly along, and stretched out in the shade of a tree.
"Did the fox bite him?" Sue wanted to know. "If he did I don't like
foxes, and I don't want Bunny to catch any in his trap."
"No, the fox didn't bite your dog," said Mr. Brown. "I guess he just ran
away from Splash.
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