"Oh! Oh, dear!" exclaimed Sue, looking down at her legs, and began to
cry.
"Don't cry!" advised Charlie.
"I--I can't help it!" wailed Sue. "And there's something on my nose,
too!"
"It's only a blob of mud," said Bunny. "I'll wipe it off," and he did,
very kindly.
"Look--look at my shoo-shooes!" sobbed Sue.
"Splash 'em in the water," advised Charlie. "Sit down on the bank, Sue,
and splash your feet in the water."
"What'll I do that for?" she asked, through her tears. "I'm wet enough
now!"
"Yes, I know," said Charlie. "And you can't get any wetter by dabbling
your feet and legs in the water. But it will wash off the mud. You might
as well wash it off."
"That's right," agreed Bunny. "Your legs will dry better if they are
just wet, instead of being wet and muddy, Sue. Dabble 'em in the brook."
Sue thought this must be good advice, since it came from both boys. She
was about to sit down near the place where she had slid into the brook,
but Charlie said:
"No, not there! That water's all muddy.
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