CHAPTER XIII
THE TURKEY GOBBLER
Bunny Brown had seen some of the older boys, near his house, build a sort of wall across a brook, so that the water was held back, making a little pond. And then, when the pond was full, the water ran over the top of the mud wall, and down on the other side. That was why it was called a "waterfall."
"Now I'll put some stones down first," Bunny explained to Sue. "You get some pieces of grass, with the dirt on the roots, and put them on top of the stones. That's good to hold the water back."
"Shall I get wood, too?" asked Sue.
"No. Wood will only float away on top of the water," Bunny said. "We have to have something that will sink, like stones and dirt."
The two children were soon making the waterfall. They splashed about in the mud and
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