To-morrow morning we shall start for Meadow
Brook."
"And are we going to take the _Bluebird_ along?" inquired Flossie.
"No, the houseboat will stay at home this trip," her mother said.
"There isn't enough water at Meadow Brook to sail the _Bluebird_."
They talked over their new summer plans, and the children were
delighted at the prospect of going to see their cousin, their uncle
and their aunt.
"Dinah is going, isn't she?" asked Nan.
"Oh, yes, we couldn't get along without her," answered Mrs. Bobbsey
with a smile.
"And I'm going to take Snoop!" cried Freddie, hugging the big, black
cat, which did not seem to mind being loved so hard.
"Well if Snoop goes, then we ought to take Snap, the dog, too,"
declared Bert. "Snap would be lonesome if he were left behind,
wouldn't he?"
"Oh, may we take them both, mamma?" begged Nan.
"Well, I guess so," was the answer, as Mrs. Bobbsey looked at her
husband.
"That will be all right," he nodded. "The country is just the place
for dogs and cats--it's better for them than houseboats."
"Oh, what fun we'll have!" sang Flossie. "What lovely times!"
"And I'm going to take my fire engine, and squirt water in it from the
brook," declared Freddie.
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