Four little Blossoms at Brookside Farm - Tim And Angi
Four little Blossoms at Brookside Farm - Tim And Angi
Four little Blossoms at Brookside Farm - Tim And Angi
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The Picnic 137<br />
"Those silly children," said Meg with her<br />
most grown-up air.<br />
"I suppose they think they<br />
sound funny."<br />
Dot and Twaddles apparently did not care<br />
how they sounded, and they stayed in the kitchen,<br />
stirring and tasting, till Linda fl<strong>at</strong>ly declared<br />
th<strong>at</strong> she'd put pepper in the pressed chicken instead<br />
of salt if they didn't stop bothering her.<br />
Jud came just <strong>at</strong> th<strong>at</strong> moment and asked the<br />
twins to help him see if the new c<strong>at</strong>ch on the<br />
chicken yard g<strong>at</strong>e worked all right, and the two<br />
<strong>little</strong> torments readily followed him.<br />
Nearly everything was ready for the picnic<br />
by th<strong>at</strong> night, and every one went to bed hoping<br />
for a clear day.<br />
"The sun is shining, Meg! Meg, get up!"<br />
shouted Dot early the next morning. "We're<br />
going on a picnic!"<br />
She made so much noise th<strong>at</strong> she woke up<br />
Aunt Polly and Linda, as well as Bobby and<br />
Twaddles, and then,<br />
of course, there was nothing<br />
to do but to get up and have breakfast.<br />
The four <strong>little</strong> <strong>Blossoms</strong> found Peter and Jud<br />
busy in the barn, putting clean straw in the bot-