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Four little Blossoms at Brookside Farm - Tim And Angi

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DOT<br />

CHAPTER VIII<br />

LEARNING TO MILK<br />

ran off to the Apgar house as fast as<br />

her short legs would carry her, to find<br />

Jud and ask him if he had taken their toys in<br />

out of the rain. The other children followed<br />

Bobby along the brook.<br />

"Because our feet are as wet as they can be,<br />

now," he said, "and if Aunt Polly is going to<br />

scold, getting them wetter won't make her scold<br />

any more."<br />

"It looks like more rain," worried Meg, scanning<br />

the clouds. "Why don't we go back,<br />

Bobby, and come out after dinner?<br />

If the raft<br />

flo<strong>at</strong>ed as far as the woods, the trees will keep<br />

it dry."<br />

Bobby was very damp and very hungry, and<br />

he, too, thought th<strong>at</strong> after dinner would be a<br />

better time to hunt for the toys.<br />

"Come on, Twaddles," he shouted. "We're<br />

going back."<br />

Twaddles was some distance ahead, and he<br />

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