All at once there was a cracking sound, and the raft turned to one side.
"Oh, dear!" cried Sue. "What's the matter?"
Something flew down over her head, covering her eyes, and she could see
nothing.
"Stop! Stop!" cried the little girl. "Is that you, Bunny?"
But Bunny did not answer. Sue pulled the thing off her head. When she
could see she noticed that it was the bag sail. The beanpole mast had
broken off close to where it was stuck in a crack in the barn door, and
the sail had fallen on Sue.
But where was Bunny Brown?
Sue looked all around and then saw her brother, off the raft, standing
up in the water behind her.
"What--what's the matter, Bunny?" asked Sue. "Don't you want to sail any
more? What makes you be in the water? Oh, you're all wet!" she cried, as
she saw that he had fallen in, right over his head.
"I--I couldn't help it," said Bunny. "I slipped in when the wind broke
the sail. I--I fell on my back, and a lot of water got in my nose and
mouth, but--but I got on my feet, and I'm all right now, Sue."
Bunny's father had taught him a little about swimming, and Bunny knew
that the first thing to do, when you fall in water, is to hold your
breath.
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