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The Bobbsey Twins in the Country

Chapter 5 MEADOW BROOK

Word Count: 1214    |    Released on: 04/12/2017

, as the wagon rumbled along so close to the low trees t

h, as she sniffed audibly, enjoy

noop's box safe in his arms. He wanted to let th

Bobbsey. "He has had all the fun he needs

eaded Nan presently. "See t

"Dinner is spoiling for us, and we can

his seat next to Harry, who had been telling his cou

billy-goat!"

ck chicken flying!" Flo

ughed Bert; "maybe

d. Then everybody laughed, and Flossie said maybe the

oolgirls, while Dinah and the children saw something new an

ld at the side of the road. "My horse has fallen in

bbsey, Bert, and Harry following. Aunt Sarah leaned over the seat and took the reins, bu

k. And it's an awful job to get them out. I'll just wait to see if they need our Billy

here Peter Burns stood at the brink of one of those

them. "Last night we said he looked awful sad,

pulling his coat off and preparing to help his

I couldn't get a man around. Lucky yo

ter said it was only because he couldn't get on his feet. Harry,

him!" Harry suggested, movin

ld him, passing the big strap over to B

h much tugging and splashing of mud Harry succeeded. The

d lustily, but Ginger only seemed to flop in

le Daniel suggested, and Mr. Bobbsey hurried

exclaimed Nan, who was much

eddie pleaded. "I'll s

might cut up when he gets out," the fathe

ind words from Uncle Daniel the big white horse strai

m the wagon. "Billy is a circ

. Bobbsey and the boys loosened the straps. The other horse lay on the blankets

or the help given, the Bobbseys onc

remarked to the ladies, a

," Aunt Sarah told him, "for he d

the country," Harry remarked,

ng fishing, or berrying, or some other sport, so that Bert felt a good time wa

ry remarked by way

," Bert repli

"and we were only waiting for you to come to s

the Bobbseys' country home. On each side of the drive grew straight lines of boxwood,

eared on the broad white veranda. She was not black like Dinah, but l

he exclaimed, taking

her. "You see, I had to come along. An

plied the other, "and ther

laughed, as the odor of

adies," Uncle Daniel said, in his polite way. The hor

the box and petting the frightened little black cat. "Hungr

sual, Snoop had his meal first, just as he had had on the Pullman car. Soon after this Martha went outside and rang a big dinner

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The Bobbsey Twins in the Country
The Bobbsey Twins in the Country
“The Bobbsey Twins are the principal characters of what was, for many years, the longest-running series of children's novels. The books related the adventures of the children of the middle-class Bobbsey family, which included two sets of fraternal twins: Bert and Nan, who where 12 years old, and Flossie and Freddie, who where six.Share the stories of your childhood with your children and grandchildren! Here are the original Bobbsey Twin adventures.”
1 Chapter 1 THE INVITATION2 Chapter 2 THE START3 Chapter 3 SNOOP ON THE TRAIN4 Chapter 4 A LONG RIDE5 Chapter 5 MEADOW BROOK6 Chapter 6 FRISKY7 Chapter 7 A COUNTRY PICNIC8 Chapter 8 FUN IN THE WOODS9 Chapter 9 FOURTH OF JULY10 Chapter 10 A GREAT DAY11 Chapter 11 THE LITTLE GARDENERS12 Chapter 12 TOM'S RUNAWAY13 Chapter 13 PICKING PEAS14 Chapter 14 THE CIRCUS15 Chapter 15 THE CHARIOT RACE16 Chapter 16 THE FLOOD17 Chapter 17 A TOWN AFLOAT18 Chapter 18 THE FRESH-AIR CAMP19 Chapter 19 SEWING SCHOOL20 Chapter 20 A MIDNIGHT SCARE21 Chapter 21 WHAT THE WELL CONTAINED22 Chapter 22 LITTLE JACK HORNER,-GOOD-BYE