Then she called:
"Bunny!"
"What's the matter?" he asked, for he was just about to awaken.
"Did you hear that?" asked Sue.
"What?" Bunny questioned.
"That sound."
Both listened. Outside the tent was a sound that could be plainly heard
by the children.
"I--I guess it's Dix snoring," said Bunny after a while.
"Or maybe Splash talkin' in his sleep," added Sue. "We aren't afraid,
are we, Bunny?"
"Not a bit, Sue! It's nice here!" Bunny's tone was very confident.
Bunny closed his eyes and tried to go to sleep. So did Sue.
But neither of them could do so, though they closed their eyes very
tight. Finally Sue asked:
"Bunny, are you asleep?"
"No. Are you?"
"No. And I don't believe I'm going to sleep. That funny noise is
soundin' again. Say, Bunny, does Dix snore like: 'Who? Who? Who-ooo?'"
"No, I--I never heard him."
"Then it isn't Dix! It's something else," said the little girl firmly.
Bunny listened. Outside the tent he heard a mournful:
"Whoo! Who? Too-who!"
"Oh, I know what that is now!" cried Bunny. "It's an owl."
"Does an owl bite?" asked Sue:
"Sure they do!"
In the dim moonlight that shone into the tent Bunny could see his sister
get out of her cot, put on her slippers and dressing robe, and then take
up her Teddy bear, turning on the eyelights.
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