"I could live here
forever!"
"So could I!" exclaimed Mabel Herold. "There is no place so lovely as
the woods."
"You--you wouldn't stay here all night, would you?" asked Freddie, as
he set down the basket of sandwiches he had been carrying, and looked
at a dark hole under some bushes.
"I wouldn't mind," sighed Nan again. "It is so lovely here."
"I used to think I liked the seashore best," said Mabel, "but now I
think the country is prettiest."
"Well, I'm not going to stay here all night," decided Freddie. "There
--there's bugs--and--and--things!"
"I thought you weren't afraid of them," spoke Nan with a smile.
"I--I meant in daytime--I'm not afraid then," declared Freddie. "But
at night, why--why, I'd rather be home in bed."
"And I guess we all would," exclaimed Nan, hugging the little fat
fellow.
"Oh, there goes a rabbit!" cried Bert to Harry. "Let's see if we can
catch him!"
"Come on!" agreed the country boy.
"I'm with you!" shouted Tom Mason.
"Oh, will they hurt the little bunny?" asked Flossie, with quivering
lips, for she dearly loved all animals.
"I guess there isn't much danger of them catching the rabbit," said
Mr.
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