"
But Freddie's childish voice did not reply. The boys and girls looked
anxiously at one another.
"Where's Freddie?" asked Flossie, and her lips began to tremble as
they did just before she started to cry.
"Oh, we'll find him," said Bert, easily.
"Yes, he's probably hiding so far off he can't hear us," went on
Harry.
"Maybe he's lost under the hay," suggested Tom. "I read of a boy
getting caught under a pile of hay once, and they didn't get him out
for a long time."
"Oh, Freddie's lost! Freddie's lost!" cried Flossie, bursting into
tears.
CHAPTER IX
THE FIVE-PIN SHOW.
"Hush, Flossie, don't cry, dear!" begged Nan, putting her arms around
her little sister.
"But--but I--I can't help it," stammered Flossie. "Freddie's losted!"
"We'll find him!" said Bert. "He's somewhere inside the barn, that is
sure. He'd never go out in all this rain," for the big drops were now
coming down thick and fast.
"Freddie isn't afraid of water--he's a fireman--papa's little fat
fireman, and I'm papa's little fat fairy, and Freddie's losted--and--
and--oh, dear!" sobbed Flossie, as she thought of her missing brother.
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