"We could tie a basket around his neck," explained Bunny, "and he could
be the grocery delivery dog!"

"Oh, yes!" laughed Sue.

"No," said Mother Brown, with a gentle shake of her head, "you can't
have Splash in now. He has been splashing through mud puddles and he'd
soil the clean kitchen floor. Play store without Splash."

There was one nice thing about Bunny Brown and his sister Sue. If they
couldn't have one thing they did very well with something else. So now
Bunny said:

"Oh, all right! We can take turns sending the things out ourselves,
Sue."

"Yes, and we'll take turns tending store," added Sue. "'Cause I don't
want to be doing the buying all the while."

"Yes, we'll take turns," agreed Bunny.

Soon the children were in the kitchen, keeping store with different
things from the pantry that Mary, the cook, gave them to play with.
Unopened boxes of cinnamon, cloves and other spices; some cakes of soap
in their wrappers just as they had come from the real store, a few nuts,
some coffee beans, other beans, dried peas and a bunch of vegetables
made up most of the things with which the children played. After they
had finished their fun everything could be put back in the pantry.