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I believe that he would rather have had at once all the strappings his father had ever given him than to have cried in our presence. I carried Bobsey home, and his mother, with many questionings and exclamations of thanksgiving, undressed the little fellow, wrapped him in flannel, and put him to bed, where he was soon sleeping as quietly as if nothing had happened. Mrs.
"We'll have some roast potatoes, for here are lots of hot coals and ashes." Away scampered Winnie to the cellar for the tubers. Our bonfire ended in a feast, and then the ashes were spread far and wide. When the exciting events were past, Winnie and Bobsey amused themselves in other ways, Mousie venturing to stay with them while the sun remained high.
Webbie, Spinnie, Tony, and Patty Spider! You will have a big school, Cousin Dot." "Fidelia Cricket is going with Sammie," added Granny. "Ah, I see that Mr. Jack Rabbit is sending his two boys Bunny and Bobsey. I fear you will have your paws full, Dot." "If I can manage my two small brothers, I'll not fear the others." "Tiny and Teenty are great gigglers," said Silver Ears.
Cricket wants Sammie and Fidelia to have lessons on their fiddles." Dot entertained the whole family that evening with her school stories. They laughed heartily over Bunny and Bobsey. "They must be real baby clowns!" chuckled Uncle Squeaky. "Never mind, Dot, keep at 'em until they all learn their A, B, C's and remember to keep your willow walloping stick handy." "Mercy on us, Hezekiah!
"The town will mob you if they find you've got ready money in March. John junior will be over with a pot of coffee and a jug of milk in a few minutes, and we'll be off sharp." There was a patter of feet overhead, and soon Bobsey came tearing down, half wild with excitement over the novelty of everything. He started for the door as if he were going head first into the snow.
Children's minds are easily diverted; and my wife, whom a few sharp words would have greatly irritated, was soothed, and her curiosity awakened as to the subject of my thoughts. I pondered deeply while my wife and Winnie cleared away the dishes and put Bobsey into his little crib.
"I'll fix a place on the roof of the shed right away," I said. "Its slope is very gradual, and if I nail some slats on the lower side you can spread the millions of bushels that you and Bobsey will gather."
The dinner-bell rang, and they knew that we had ripe melons and green corn; while nothing was given them but bread and water. Bobsey howled, and Winnie sobbed, but my wife and I agreed that such tendencies toward dishonesty and selfishness merited a lasting lesson.
"Winnie, Bobsey, if you go near the water without me you march straight home," I cried. They promised never to go, but I thought Bobsey protested a little too much. Away we went down the hill, skirting what was now a good- sized brook.
"Be careful to level the ground evenly," Mr. Jones warned us, "for it won't do at all to leave hummocks of dirt around the hills;" and we followed his instructions. The canes were left until a heavy shower of rain washed them clean; then Winnie and Bobsey tied them up. We gave steady and careful attention to the Antwerps, since they would be our main dependence for income.
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