"We'll come if you want us to, Bunny."
"Of course I want you!" said the little boy.
"And Lucile, too!" added Sue, for she was very fond of the singing girl
actress.
"Yes, I'll come," said Lucile. "But if you drive, Bunny, you must
promise not to go too fast."
"Oh, I'll go slow," he agreed.
"Maybe the snow'll stop and then we can't go riding," Sue said.
"Oh, go and look and see if it has!" cried her brother. "That would be
too bad, wouldn't it, to have the snow stop after Mart had made such a
fine sled?"
But a look out the window of the barn showed the white flakes still
swirling down, and Bunny and Sue laughed and clapped their hands in
delight as Mart brought the pony from his stall.
Everything was just right. The pony backed in between the shafts, and
soon drew the new sled outside where the newly fallen snow let it slip
easily along.
"It will look nicer when it's painted," said Mart.
"I think it's nice now!" said Bunny.
"Terrible nice!" agreed Sue.
"Well, get in, and we'll have a ride," suggested Lucile. "Can you drive,
Bunny?"
"Oh, yes!" was the answer; and Bunny soon showed that he could by taking
the reins and guiding the pony around to the front of the house.
"Come on out, Mother, and see what we have!" cried Sue, as Bunny stopped
the little horse.
"Oh, isn't that just fine!" laughed Mrs.
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