Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Keeping Store by Laura Lee Hope
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On tiptoes they went to a window whence they could see into the room.
There they saw Miss Bradley winding up Charlie's auto, and they heard Charlie saying: "You try it now, Miss Bradley! See how nice it runs!" And as the surprised watchers looked on, their teacher started the toy across the floor as Charlie had done. For, following the first showing of his plaything, Charlie had offered to let his teacher wind it, and she had agreed. "Yes, it is a cute toy," said the teacher, as the auto banged into a side wall and stopped. "But we mustn't play with it in school hours." "Oh, no'm!" agreed Charlie, and then he hurried outside, where Bunny and George were waiting for him. "Say, you ought to see!" exclaimed Charlie, half breathless. "She ran the auto herself!" "We saw her," said Bunny. "She's a dandy teacher all right!" declared George. One Saturday morning Bunny and Sue came downstairs to breakfast at the same hour as on other days. Usually this did not happen, for on Saturdays they were allowed to remain in bed a little longer than on days when they had to go to school. "Well, what does this mean?" asked Uncle Tad, who was finishing his meal |
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