"
"Oh, that'll be great!" cried Bunny. "I'm going to get my fish pole and
line ready."
"I don't want to catch any fish," said Sue. "I don't like to have 'em
bite on the sharp hook. I'll go and get one of my dolls and give her a
boat ride. But I wish I had my Teddy bear."
"He'd catch fish," said Bunny, winding up his line on the little spool,
called a reel, on his pole.
"She's a she. And anyway, Teddy bears can't catch fish," said Sue.
"No, but _real_ bears can. Our teacher told us. They lean over the edge
of a river and pull the fish out with their claws. Bears likes fish."
"But my Sallie Malinda isn't a real bear," said Sue.
"You could make believe he was," insisted Bunny. "And if you put his paw
in the water, and sort of let it dingle-dangle, a fish might bite at
it."
"She," sighed Sue. "But just as if I'd let a fish bite my nice Teddy
bear! Besides, I haven't got her."
"No, that's so," agreed Bunny. "Well, I guess you'll have to take a
regular doll then."
"And don't you let her make believe fall into the water, either, and get
her sawdust all wetted up," said Sue.
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