“So I got this long chain, and I’m going to fasten one end of it to a collar, to go around Wango’s neck, and tie the other end of the chain to the porch railing, so he can’t get away.  Then I can let Wango stay outdoors when the weather is good, and he will get well.  At night I will put him in his cage again.”  “And the chain won’t let him run away,” commented Bunny.

“That’s it, little man, the chain won’t let Wango run away,” said the sailor.  “That is, I hope it won’t, though he often gets out of his cage.  He’s quite a tricky monkey.”

Mr. Winkler went on down the street, rattling the monkey-chain, and Mrs. Brown, no longer worried about Sue, turned back into the yard, while Bunny hurried on, as fast as his little legs would take him, to Sadie West’s yard, where he found his sister and several of their chums having a good time.

They had made a see-saw, by putting a plank over a box, and were swaying up and down on this, some children on one end of the plank and some on the other.  As soon as Bunny came running in the yard, Sue called out: 

“Oh, goodie!  Here’s my brother.  Now he can teeter-tauter up and down.  Come on, Bunny, you can have my place!”

Sue was so eager to give Bunny her place, and a chance to ride, that she slid off the board suddenly.  Then that left too many little ones on the other end, and they went down, all at once, with a bump!

Sadie West was spilled off, and so was Charlie Star and Harry Bentley.  They all fell in a heap, but as the green grass was long, and soft, no one was hurt.

“Don’t do that again, Sue!” called Charlie, “You upset us all.”

“I won’t,” Sue promised.  “Come on, Bunny.  It’s your turn now.”

“I don’t want any turn at falling,” Bunny said, with a laugh.

Once more the plank over the box swayed up and down, giving the children a ride.  After a while, getting tired of that, they played in a swing and also in a hammock, having more fun.

Then it was dinner time, and Sadie’s mother told her to come in and wash before going to the table.  The other children knew it must be time for their meals also, so, calling good-byes to one another, they scattered.

“Come over again,” Sadie invited them.

“We will!” promised Bunny.

“Let’s go home this way, across the lot,” suggested Sue, as she and Bunny started out.

“Oh, I don’t want to,” Bunny answered.  “It’s quicker to go by the street, and around the corner.  And I want to look in Mrs. Redden’s window, and see what she’s got new.”

“Well, you go that way,” Sue agreed, “and I’ll go across lots, and we’ll see who gets there first.”

“That’s just like little Red Riding Hood and the wolf,” said Bunny with a laugh.  Sue looked quickly over her shoulder.

“But there’s no wolf here,” Bunny went on quickly.  “You go ahead, Sue, over the lot, and I’ll go by the street.”