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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with their hands.<br />
Lost in the Woods 87<br />
They could just see the eaves<br />
of the barn and the chimneys of Aunt Polly's<br />
house and the Apgar house. The brook twisted<br />
and turned so often, they had really walked further<br />
than they guessed.<br />
"I'll bet it's dark in the woods," said Twaddles,<br />
marching ahead. "Maybe there's bears<br />
and things in there."<br />
"Now don't begin and scare Dot," admonished<br />
Bobby. "Let's take hold of hands. My, isn't<br />
it nice and cool!"<br />
They stepped from the sunny glare of the<br />
brook pasture into the cool, dark, rustly stillness<br />
of the beautiful woods.<br />
A chipmunk ran across<br />
their p<strong>at</strong>h, and tall ferns grew higher than their<br />
heads on either side of the brook.<br />
Almost unconsciously the children left the<br />
brook and struck off into a pretty p<strong>at</strong>h th<strong>at</strong> was<br />
laid with stepping stones and led up a slight hill.<br />
They saw two rabbits and heard gray squirrels<br />
ch<strong>at</strong>tering in the trees overhead. One squirrel<br />
came down and stared gravely <strong>at</strong> them.<br />
"Isn't he pretty?" said Meg.<br />
me p<strong>at</strong> him."<br />
"I wish he'd let