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Four little Blossoms at Brookside Farm - Tim And Angi

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

"He fell in the brook," explained Bobby concisely.<br />

"Poor lamb!" comforted Aunt Polly.<br />

"Come<br />

upstairs, dear, and Auntie will see th<strong>at</strong> you're<br />

rubbed dry. <strong>And</strong> Bobby and Meg, don't stand<br />

around in those wet shoes one minute. Change<br />

them immedi<strong>at</strong>ely."<br />

Half an hour l<strong>at</strong>er four clean, dry <strong>little</strong> <strong>Blossoms</strong><br />

were <strong>at</strong> the table enjoying Linda's delicious<br />

soup and other good things. The day had<br />

turned to a cold, rainy, dismal one, very different<br />

from the promise of the sunny summer<br />

morning. Aunt Polly said they would have to<br />

manufacture their own sunshine th<strong>at</strong> afternoon.<br />

"You mustn't think of going to hunt for the<br />

toys till to-morrow, and only then if it's clear,"<br />

•she announced firmly. "Likely as not the raft<br />

sank, and you mustn't feel too bad about the<br />

toys. You'll find plenty of other things to play<br />

with on the farm."<br />

All th<strong>at</strong> afternoon it poured, and all th<strong>at</strong><br />

afternoon the four <strong>little</strong> <strong>Blossoms</strong> spent in<br />

Linda's kitchen cooking and pulling molasses<br />

candy. They had the sweetiest, stickiest time

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