“The same one,” answered his father.  “I asked grandpa to send it to me.”

“What are we going to do with it, Daddy?” Sue asked.  “I’ve tried and tried, but I can’t guess.”

“Well, this is the surprise,” replied Daddy Brown, “and I hope you’ll like it.  We are going off into the woods camping—­that means living in a tent.  We’ll cook in a tent—­that is when it rains so we can’t have a campfire out of doors—­we’ll eat in the tent and we’ll sleep in it.”

“Oh, Daddy!  Shall we—­really?” cried Bunny, almost falling off his father’s knee he was so excited.

“Yes, that’s what we’re going to do,” said Mr. Brown.  “We are going to spend the summer in camp, under a tent instead of in a cottage, as we sometimes do.  Will you like that?”

“Oh, I just guess we will!” cried Bunny Brown.

“And can I take my dolls along—­will there be room for ’em?” asked Sue.

“Oh, yes, plenty of room,” answered Daddy Brown.

“And will Splash come?” Bunny wanted to know.

“Oh, yes, we’ll take your dog along, of course.  It wouldn’t be like a real camp without Splash.  So now you know what the tent is for.”

“May we go out and look at it?” asked Bunny.

“Oh, no, son.  Not to-night.  It’s still raining, and the tent is all wet.  It will dry out in a few days.  Besides, you’ve seen the tent up.”

“It’s just like when we had it for the circus,” explained Sue.  “I don’t want to go out to the barn and see it, Bunny.  I’m hungry, and I want my supper.”

“It’s almost ready,” said Mother Brown.  “Then we really are going camping?” She looked at her husband as she asked the question.

“Yes, I thought that would be a nice way to spend the summer vacation,” said Mr. Brown.  “Grandpa’s tent is very large.  We can sleep in that one.  I also have a smaller tent, in which we can set a table, and next to that will be one, still smaller, where we can cook on an oil stove in wet weather.  We’ll have a real camp!”

“Oh, fine!” cried Bunny.

“How nice!” exclaimed Sue.

“And where are we going to camp?” Mother Brown questioned.

“Up in the woods, about ten miles from here, near Lake Wanda,” answered Mr. Brown.  “And, now that I’ve told you all about the surprise, I think, we’ll have supper.”

CHAPTER III

BUNNY AND SUE SLEEP OUT

After supper the two children, and their father and mother, as well, found so much to talk over, about camping out, that it was bed-time for Bunny and Sue almost before they knew it.

“Oh, can’t we stay up just a little longer?” begged Bunny, when his mother told him it was time for him and Sue to get undressed.

“Just let’s hear daddy tell, once more, how he cooks eggs over a campfire,” added Sue.

“Not to-night; some other time,” said Mr. Brown.  “That’s one of the things you must learn when going to camp—­to obey orders.”