They were about a mile down the road,
and all about them, over the road and the adjacent fields, was a lake of
water.
But it was not raining so hard now. The storm seemed to be about over.
The water was going down, Mr. Brown said, and when Bunny, at the
breakfast table, asked how his father knew, Mr. Brown pointed to a fence
not far from the tree to which they were tied.
"Do you see the muddy marks and the bits of leaves and grass caught on
the fence?" asked Mr. Brown.
"I see," said Bunny.
"Well, that shows how high the water got," explained his father. "You
see the top of the water is below that now, which shows that the flood
is going down. And I am glad enough of it."
"So am I," said Mrs. Brown. "We've had water enough for once."
The storm had been such a heavy one that it could not last long, and by
noon the sun was out. But it would take some time for the flood to go
down and the roads to dry up.
"We'll probably stay here three days," said Mr. Brown. "It looks like a
nice place, and we have plenty to eat. We'll stay and let things dry
out. Traveling on a muddy, slippery road, with a heavy automobile like
this, is not safe. We'll wait a while."
Anything suited Bunny and Sue as long as they were seeing or having
something new.
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