auto to some tree. Then we'll be held fast, for I do not believe the
flood will reach much higher. I have heard of high water in this part of
the country, but it never gets much higher than this, if I remember
rightly."

"I'll go in for the rope," said Uncle Tad, "and we'll try to make fast
to some tree. We'll be lucky if we can do it before we run into
something," and he opened the door.

"Oh, what is the matter?"

"What has happened?"

"Tell us all about it!"

This is what Mrs. Brown, Bunny and Sue said as Uncle Tad, dripping wet,
came back into the auto. Dix and Splash thumped their tails on the
floor, as though also asking what the matter was.

"Oh, it isn't much," said Uncle Tad. "The brook rose into a river in the
night, and tried to carry us away. But we are going to anchor to a tree
until morning."

Bunny and Sue could easily understand what this meant, and they were not
frightened, even though the automobile swayed about from side to side
and bumped as a boat does when it goes over the bottom in shallow water.

Uncle Tad got the towrope out from a box, or locker, as Mr. Brown called
it. The rope was a strong one, as it was intended to be used in case
the big automobile went into a ditch, in which event it could be pulled