Bunny and Sue both laughed then. Then were frightened no longer.
"Oh, it's our dog, Splash!" cried Sue. "It's only Splash!"
"Here, Splash!" called Bunny. Then with a joyous bark the dog sprang inside the tent, and snuggled close up to his two little playmates.
"Now I isn't afraid," said Sue, as she put her arms around the big shaggy neck of her pet. "Now I isn't afraid any more. Splash can sleep with us; can't he, Bunny?"
"Yes, Sue. Now go to sleep. Isn't this fun?"
"Yes, it is when Splash is here," Sue said.
Though Bunny did not say so, he, too, was glad their dog had come to spend the rest of the night with them. Not that there was anything to be afraid of, oh, dear no! There were no bears, or wolves, or anything like that in Bellemere. There were big fish in the bay and in the ocean, but of course they never came up on land.
"And, even if they did," said Sue sleepily to Bunny when they were talking about this,
