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The Bobbsey Twins at School

Chapter 5 SNAP DOES TRICKS

Word Count: 1453    |    Released on: 28/11/2017

as he looked in the rear of the auto, and saw h

time I'se carried 'em in offen de porch

t in the bundles and valises, while Nan and Bert and Mr. and Mrs. Bobbsey fo

bing her eyes and looking around the roo

's our dog?" d

ey. "Sam took him out in the barn. You may see him

ried over this sugge

in a box stall; 'deed an' I did, Mrs.

ed Freddie, and then

Nan and Bert soon followed, but Mr. and Mrs. Bobbsey

aid Mr. Bobbsey, as he looked a

s the seashore. But I think I, too, am glad to be back. It will be quite a task, though, to get the children ready for scho

so," said h

reddie had tried a few days in the kindergarten class at school, but Flossie said she did not like

. Bobbsey, and so it had been arranged. And now the four twins wer

y the next morning, and, scarcely hal

" demanded Dinah, as she

g," answered Fredd

s, washin' de carriage. But d

t," said

ite anyhow," d

the big white dog, barking in delight, and almost k

"Maybe we'd better name him Snoop, like

e back, and he'd want his own name again. We'll call our dog Snap, 'cause see

g it over. "Snoop and Snap. I wonder how we can make

it," suggested Flossie. "But maybe he

t they were too short and fat. Then h

and

He sat up on his hind legs and then wa

n do any other tri

her brother. "What tric

ie down and

er!" he called. At once the fine animal did so, and then spr

hall I

cried Flossie. "I wonder wh

ddie. "There's a barrel hoop over there. Ma

he knew just what it was for, and was pleased at the chance to do more of his tricks. The hoop was a large one, and Freddi

now, Sn

nd came racing straight for the twins. At that mome

ed man, "You let dem chillers a

w dog Snap, and he's going to do a trick," for the colored gardener

m where Flossie and Freddie held the hoop, Snap jumped up into the air

asped Sam. "Dat's a reg'lar c

ked up, intending to drive away the dog with, stuck straigh

k!" crie

ick!" excla

ss!" cried Sam. "Dat

in delight. He seemed h

said Freddie. "He'll w

e lets us keep h

ened to what the little twins had to tell them about Snap,

laimed Mr. Bobbsey. "I

gested Bert, who came out just then to

e. The dog must have escaped from the wrecked circus train, and he fo

him; can't we?"

owly. "I suppose the circus people will want him back,

p, our cat, we ought to ha

of my men go down to the place where the wreck was, today, an

to feed some of her pet chickens, t

the front porch, "I wish, Richard, that you would see if you ca

anyhow, about the dog, and at the same time I'll ask about th

d it, in the excitement over the wreck, and she may

or the office, while the twins gathered about t

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