THE SEARCH


"What's the matter, Sue?" asked Bunny as he saw his sister standing in
the middle of the dining room part of the tent, which was separated by
curtains from the sleeping rooms.

"Oh, my Teddy bear's been taken! Some one has taken Sallie Malinda!"
cried the little girl. "I don't believe I'll ever be happy again. Oh,
dear!"

"Maybe we'll find her again," said Bunny, shivering, for the morning was
cool and he had on only his night clothes.

"No, I'll never find her," sobbed Sue. "She's been tooked away, same as
your train of cars."

This thought of his own missing toy made Bunny feel sad. But he wanted
to cheer Sue up.

"Oh, maybe your Teddy bear just walked off in the night to get something
to eat," the little boy went on. "I get hungry in the night lots of
times. I get up and eat a sweet cracker, if I've left one on the chair
by my bed. Now let me think what it is bears like best."

"It's honey," answered Sue.

"How do you know?" her brother asked.

"'Cause I read it in the animal book. It told about a bear climbing a