"It's time to get up," said Sue.
"Why, it isn't six o'clock yet," answered her father, looking at his
watch, which was under his pillow. "Why are you out of your bunks so
early? Go back to sleep."
"But we want to get on to Portland to find Fred Ward," said Bunny. "It's
only twenty miles and we can soon be there if we start early."
"There isn't much you children forget, is there?" asked Mr. Brown with a
laugh, as he stretched and rubbed his eyes. Then as he opened wide his
arms Bunny and Sue piled into the bunk with him, having a good, hearty
tussle, until their shouts of laughter awakened Mrs. Brown and Uncle
Tad, while Dix and Splash, asleep under the big car, added their barks
to the din.
"What's the matter?" asked Mrs. Brown. "Has anything more happened?"
"Oh, these children want to leave before breakfast for Portland, to find
that runaway boy," said Mr. Brown. "Well, as long as they're awake I
suppose we might as well get up and start early. It's about time I
attended to my business affairs."
Breakfast was soon ready, and when it had been eaten the "Ark" was once
more chugging along the road. The travelers passed through several small
villages and then they came to the edge of a big city which, the
children's father told them, was Portland.
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