The Bobbsey Twins at School
cted fall that came to him, caused it, no one knew, but certainly, for the next few days, Danny let Bert alone.
hat made the bully less anxious to keep up the quarrel. At any rate, Bert w
for the long Winter term. And the thought of the snow and ice that w
dandy big bob this year," said Bert one
mile. She was walking along behind
n a while," said Charley, as he caught
e, who was quite athletic for her
ing to make!" exclaimed Bert. "Ours will be hard to steer, and it
"And we'd better start it righ
e Nan. "It is very warm. It fe
ome," exclaimed Nellie Parks, whose father was quit
cried Nan, counting. "That is to
and really it i
nd of September, with In
n's," suggested Nellie. "
e!" exclaimed Nan. "We don't want
laimed Nellie, generously. "I'v
enny and let them run al
ie. "Come on!" she called to the little twins, "w
Flossie. "I was ju
" added he
week," the little girl went on. "I'
lossie?" asked Nan. "I
e not to tell. I don't care, I wanted Nellie
the same day," explained Freddie. "So you ca
et's hurry to the store, for it'
Charley walked on together eating, and talking of the bob sled they were g
Danny, "come here, I
ed Charley. "Bert and
I've got a
e you later,"
grew not to like his ways, and so became more chumm
with Flossie and Freddie, went on the Bobbsey lawn, where there were some easy chairs. They
covered with paper as they do
ddie. "I'm going to make one," and, filled w
, "I want some p
t yo' gwine t' do now?"
oop up in de air laik yo'
ttle boy. "We're going to cover a hoop with paper
!" cried Dinah. "What wil
me paste, Dinah? And you know we haven't got Snoop, anyhow
ned Dinah, but she laughed, which showed that she did not reall
but they got so much of the sticky stuff on their hands and faces that Nan feared they
lp, can't we?"
" sai
e and Nellie helped, but sometimes the wind would blow the paper away just as they were
They had to stop work on their job, as they could not find a long enou
of jumping through a paper hoop," explained
y had often pasted paper on their kite frames th
o hold the hoop for the dog to leap through. Snap, always ready for fun, jumped
and Flossie stood. "Then I'll go over here and call him. He'll come running, and when he ge
way from Charley, when he heard Bert calling. He ran right b
rough the hoop just as he probably had often don
cried Flossie. "Let
nap, and charge money to see him, and then we can
" agreed
umping through them. But when Mrs. Bobbsey heard about the
get ready for your party," she
, but for several days after that they had m
y barn, working over their bob sled. It was harder than they had thought it would be, and they had to
was very kind, and took an interest in all her pupils. "Oh, mamma!" cried
put it in front of Flossie's house!" exclaimed Freddie. "And,
h a smile. "And then you may show me how you make
"they're only paper,
y must," said
am, they showed the latest thing they had learned at school. Flossie did manag
into another, and soon he had A paper chain. To make the lantern he used a piece of paper made into a roll, with slits all around the middle of i
y. If you stay in the house too much you will soon lose all
y, "I have a little treat for you. Tomorrow will be a holiday, and, as the weather is v
d, though it was against the rules to speak aloud du
went on. "You may bring your lunches to school with you Friday morning, if your
ly Friday came, and nearly every boy and girl came to school with a basket or bundle holding his
e!" cried Freddie, dancing a
ead of her class, and Mr. Tetlow marching in front