"And the lady at the farmhouse hasn't any more milk," Sue explained.
"And there isn't any at the camp and----"

"Mother can't make the pudding," finished Bunny.

"Oh dear!" wailed Sue.

"My, you have a lot of troubles!" said the ragged man. "But if you'll
come with me maybe I can help you."

"Where do you want us to come?" asked Bunny, remembering that his mother
had told him never to go anywhere with strangers, and never to let Sue
go, either.

"If you'll come up to my little cabin in the woods I can let you have
some milk," said the ragged man. "I keep a cow, and I have more milk
than I can use or sell. It isn't far. Come with me," and he held out his
hands to the children.




CHAPTER IV

A NOISE AT NIGHT


Bunny Brown and his sister Sue were not sure whether or not they should
go with the old man. They remembered what their mother had said to them