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Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on an Auto Tour by Laura Lee Hope
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"We're coming!" cried Bunny and Sue, and with last looks at the big car,
which was to be their home for some time to come, the children ran in to
breakfast.

"Now, Bunny and Sue," said Mr. Brown, as he made ready to go to his
office, "one thing I want you to do is to pick out what toys you want to
take with you. They can not be very many, so pick out those you like
best."

"Oh, Bunny!" cried Sue. "You take your 'lectricity train that you got
back from the hermit, and I'll take my Teddy bear, Sallie Malinda with
her 'lectric-light eyes."

"No," said Bunny, shaking his head. "My electric train takes up too much
room. I'm going to take my popgun that shoots corks, and maybe I can
scare away any cows that get in front of our auto."

"All right. But I'm going to take Sallie Malinda," declared Sue.

While she was getting it out from among her playthings, Bunny went out
to look at the big automobile again. He climbed up to the seat. Bunker
Blue, after bringing it up to the Brown house so Mrs. Brown could pack
in it the things she wanted, had gone back to the dock.

"I wish I could steer this machine," murmured Bunny as he took his seat
at the wheel. "I could, too, if they'd only let me. I wish they would."

He twisted the steering wheel to and fro, playing that he was guiding
the big car. Suddenly he heard a grinding sound, as when Bunker Blue had
been on the seat, and, to Bunny's astonishment, the big van, the wheel
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