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Updated: April 30, 2025
It was Mrs. Parkney, and Sunny Boy was so surprised that before he could say a word he found himself in the warm kitchen with the seven Parkney children and Mr. and Mrs. Parkney all standing around him and Jimmie. "Does a horse live here?" was Sunny Boy's first question. "He's waiting outside your barn. And the other children are there, too." Mr.
Perry Phelps said if they were going to explore, he thought it would be a good plan to follow the brook and see where it went. "Go as far as you like," said Mr. Parkney. "Bob and I are going up to the house at noon for dinner, but we'll be back around half-past one. And we won't let you miss the half-past four car, because your mothers will be expecting you home on that.
"And then we'll eat lunch and walk the other way. I don't think there is much fun around here." Nelson Baker had a pocket knife, so he cut the pussy willows and the boys carried a large bunch back to the tree where Bob had tied the horse and wagon. But the horse was gone, and, of course, the wagon, when they reached the tree, and neither Bob or Mr. Parkney was in sight.
Parkney, and before the month was out the Parkneys were comfortably established in the farmhouse which Judge Layton insisted on putting in good order for them. Mr. Parkney's arm was much better and Bob's cold was entirely cured by the time they moved.
It will be coming in the wagon if it gets much higher." Bob helped them all in and then drove slowly to the Parkney house. The horse had hard work to keep his footing in the water and ice, and he kept shaking his head as though he did not like it. But they reached the house safely, and Mrs.
Parkney gave the boys milk to drink and clean dry stockings to wear as though she were used to any emergency, as indeed she was. "I guess you've had enough exploring for one day," said Bob, as he drove the boys out to the head of the lane to get the half-past four o'clock trolley car.
"Grandpa," whispered Sunny Boy, pulling Grandpa Horton's coat sleeve. "Grandpa, Daddy says Mr. Parkney should do light work."
Parkney said nobody lives there," Sunny Boy reminded Oliver. "Let's explore where nobody lives. Come on, fellows!" They ran toward the fence, intending to climb over it, but before they reached it, Sunny Boy saw something that made him cry out in surprise. "Look, Oliver!" he shouted. "Carleton, look! See the fence in the water!" The boys looked toward the brook.
Parkney and, of course, when she said that, no one could feel they were being offered charity. While Mother and Grandma Horton were visiting Mrs. Parkney, Sunny Boy and Grandpa Horton went downtown to buy the skates for Bob. They spent a long time in the shop, looking at the skates and asking the clerk questions, and finally they bought a beautiful pair of skates "on shoes" of the best leather.
Bob Parkney was lying on a mattress propped up between two chairs, not a very comfortable bed for a sick boy. But Sunny Boy did not notice the bed. He stared at Bob and Bob stared at him. "Well, for goodness' sake!" cried Bob Parkney. "Where did you come from?" "Why, Sunny Boy!" said Grandpa Horton, much surprised, "do you know Bob?" "He's the boy " Sunny Boy began in such a hurry that he choked.
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