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Four little Blossoms at Brookside Farm - Tim And Angi

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34 <strong>Four</strong> Little <strong>Blossoms</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Brookside</strong> <strong>Farm</strong><br />

to visit Aunt Polly for a month, or as long as<br />

she can stand four active youngsters in her quiet<br />

house."<br />

"Hurrah!" shouted the four <strong>little</strong><br />

<strong>Blossoms</strong>.<br />

"Won't th<strong>at</strong> be gre<strong>at</strong>! Let's get the trunk<br />

down right away, Mother."<br />

"Well, I wouldn't, not till Daddy comes<br />

home," said Aunt Polly, fanning herself and<br />

smiling. "A week is plenty of time, and I hear<br />

th<strong>at</strong> Dot has to have some new frocks made."<br />

"Is Daddy coming?" Bobby asked suddenly.<br />

"I wanted him to, for I think he needs a rest,"<br />

said Aunt Polly soberly.<br />

get him to<br />

"But the most we could<br />

promise was th<strong>at</strong> he might come up<br />

with your mother when it is time for you to go<br />

home."<br />

"Mother's going—she said so," Meg reminded<br />

her aunt.<br />

"Only to take you to <strong>Brookside</strong>, Daughter,"<br />

explained Mother Blossom. "Then I am coming<br />

home again to stay with Daddy. You see, I<br />

couldn't leave him alone in this house for a<br />

whole month.<br />

be."<br />

Think how lonesome he would

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