"
"What does it all mean?" asked Mrs. Bobbsey. "Did you really see
something, Freddie, or were you dreaming?"
"I did see something, mamma, and it went: 'Wuff! Wuff!'" Freddie
explained. "Then it went and hid under the lilac bush. I'll show you,"
and, taking his mother's hand, he led her to the window, out of which
he pointed.
Now Nan, Bert and Harry came into the small twins' room.
"What is it?" they asked.
By turns Flossie and Freddie told their story, Freddie doing the
"Wuff! Wuff!" part very earnestly, until Flossie begged him to stop,
as he "skeered" her.
Dinah, too, came waddling into the room, bringing a candle which
dripped grease down on her bare feet. The grease was hot, and as Dinah
felt it, she gave a yell which was almost as startling as was
Freddie's.
"Oh, what is it?" cried Mrs. Bobbsey.
"Candle grease done splashed on mah toe, an' burnt me," Dinah
explained, as she stood on one foot, and held the other on top of it
to ease the pain.
"There it is! There it is!" suddenly cried Freddie. "There's the
bear!" and he leaned so far out of the window that Bert had to catch
his little brother by his night gown to save him from a possible fall.
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