Of course there was Daddy Bunker, whose name was Charles, and who had a
real estate office on the main street of Pineville. In his office, Mr.
Bunker bought and sold houses for his customers, and also sold lumber,
bricks and other things of which houses were built. He was an agent for
big firms.

Mother Bunker's name was Amy, and sometimes her husband called her "Amy
Bell," for her last name had been Bell before she was married.

The six little Bunkers lived in the city of Pineville, which was on the
shore of the Rainbow River in Pennsylvania. The river was called Rainbow
because, just before it got to Pineville, it bent, or curved, like a bow.
And, of course, being wet, like rain, the best name in the world for such
a river was "Rainbow." It was a very beautiful stream.

The Bunker house, a large white one with green shutters, stood back from
the main street, and was not quite a mile away from Mr. Bunker's real
estate office, so it was not too far even for Mun Bun to walk there with
his older sister or brother.

The six little Bunkers had many friends and relatives, and perhaps I had
better tell you the names of some of these last, so you will know them as
we come to them in the stories.

Mr. Bunker's father had died when he was six years old, and his mother,
Mrs. Mary Bunker, had married a man named Ford. She and "Grandpa Ford"
lived just outside the City of Tarrington, New York. "Great Hedge Estate"
was the name of Grandpa Ford's place, so called because at one side of
the house was a great, tall hedge, that had been growing for many years.