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The Bobbsey Twins

Chapter 7 FREDDIE AND FLOSSIE'S SNOW HOUSE

Word Count: 1493    |    Released on: 06/12/2017

ossie, when she saw her twin br

ew seconds he did not show himself, she ran toward

Freddie is buried!

ossie?" demanded the c

e ceiling of the snow

ing to put anything on her head she rushed forth into the garden

NE AN' BURIED HIMS

's lower limbs. Then she dropped the shovel and tugged away at the limb and prese

he matter?" questioned

ponded the colored cook. "De roof of de snow house

th. Then he looked at the wreck of the snow

all spoilt! The b

other, taking him. "Be thankful that y

ay window, an' ev'rything. I didn't want it to fall down." Freddie was still gas

ll get into troub

et us build it up again,"

from de doah,"

n Nan. "Bert is reading a book,

with them. But all of you be

e Flossie and Freddie do the outside work while she crept inside, and cut around the ceiling and the bay window just as the others want

he placed some old magazines and story papers. In the main part of the snow house Freddie and Flossie at first placed an old rug and two blocks of wood for chairs, and a small bench for a table. Then, when Flossie grew tired of the house, Freddie turned it into a stable, in which he

ee you with the baby." And she dressed up in a long skirt and paid him a visit, with her best doll on her arm. Freddie pretended to be very gl

uted Flossie. "Dorothy migh

ed Freddie. "A fireman

his baby away, does he?" questio

does,-ev'

ing he is-is ea

Flossie. Oh, it's awful

throw his jam aw

es

a house full of gold!" said Flossie, and

hair and a traveling dress that was very cute. Then came Lucy, who had lost one arm, and Polly, who had lost both an arm and a leg. The fifth doll was Jujube, a colored boy, dressed in a

han asylum for dolls. Besides, I don't think Sam and Dinah would like to see their doll child in an asylum." The dolls were all kept in a row in a big bu

this work was undertaken early on the following Saturday morning. Luckily, Bert was by that time well en

d the wall was as high as the boys' heads and over a foot thick. In the middle was gathered a big pile of

ldiers," said Ralph. "One can defend

g!" cried Bert. "When

it was decided to have the

nd soon the news spread that a real sold

t I go and look

o, too," put

ed Freddie. "I can make sno

a soldier," answered Bert. "But you c

er twenty were present. Many girls and a few grown fol

an who was placed in charge. "N

r. Potter," cried

the attacking party. Without loss of time each party began to make all the snowballs it could. The boys who remained in the

dy?" shouted Mr.

e from nearly all of

hen; the batt

, and now a rousing blast came from behi

cried Bert, and led the way, w

rushed the young soldiers, ready to capt

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