"
"Yes, pitch right in and enjoy yourselves," said Farmer Jason with a
laugh. "That's what the lake's here for. A few of us farmers own it, and
the churches in this neighborhood generally has picnics here. I've got
to drive over a few miles to see a man about some horses I want to buy,
but I'll stop back in plenty of time to take you home."
The Browns and their lunch being safely unloaded from the wagon,
including, of course, Sue's Teddy bear, Farmer Jason drove off, while
Dix and Splash scampered about in the woods on the shore of the lake and
went swimming, something which Bunny and Sue wanted to do at once.
"I think it is a little cool," said Mother Brown. "Besides, I didn't
bring your bathing suits. I guess you can get along without a swim
to-day."
Indeed there was enough else to do at Blue Lake, as the children very
soon found out. Of course it was not the first time they had been at a
lake in the woods, but there seemed to be something new about this
place.
Perhaps the trees were greener. Certainly the lake seemed of a deeper
blue than any the children had seen before. They ran up and down the
pebbly shore, threw stones into the water to watch them sink, after
sending out a lot of rings that made little waves on the beach.
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