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The Curlytops and Their Playmates or Jolly Times Through the Holidays By: Howard Roger Garis (1873-1962) |
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[Illustration] HOWARD R. GARIS [Illustration: LOOKING IN THROUGH THE WINDOW SHE SAW THE FACE OF A MAN. Page 160] THE CURLYTOPS AND THEIR PLAYMATES OR Jolly Times Through the Holidays BY HOWARD R. GARIS AUTHOR OF "THE CURLYTOPS SERIES," "UNCLE WIGGILY BEDTIME STORIES," "UNCLE WIGGILY ANIMAL STORIES," ETC. Illustrations by JULIA GREENE NEW YORK CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY THE CURLYTOPS AND THEIR PLAYMATES Printed in U. S. A. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I TROUBLE IN TROUBLE 1 II THE POSTMAN'S WHISTLE 14 III WHAT SHALL WE DO? 25 IV UNCLE TOBY AGAIN 36 V OFF TO THE COUNTRY 48 VI A FLURRY OF SNOW 60 VII IN THE STORM 70 VIII A STALLED TRAIN 80 IX NEW PLAYMATES 91 X AMONG THE PETS 104 XI WHERE DID TROUBLE GO? 115 XII OFF TO CRYSTAL LAKE 128 XIII THE LONELY CABIN 139 XIV AT CRYSTAL LAKE 149 XV ON THE SLIPPERY HILL 161 XVI A REAL TOBOGGAN 174 XVII THE SNOW HOUSE 184 XVIII THANKSGIVING 197 XIX SKYROCKET IS GONE 206 XX TROUBLE IS MISSING 216 XXI TROUBLE AND SKYROCKET 229 XXII A HAPPY REUNION 238 THE CURLYTOPS AND THEIR PLAYMATES CHAPTER I TROUBLE IN TROUBLE "When do you s'pose it'll come, Teddy?" "Oh, pretty soon now, I guess. We're all ready for it when it does come," and Ted Martin glanced from where he sat over toward a slanting hill made of several long boards nailed to some tall packing boxes. The boxes were piled high at one end, and on top was a little platform, reached by some steps made of smaller boxes. "It's a good while coming though, isn't it, Ted?" asked his sister Janet, looking up toward the sky. "Yes, I wish it would hurry," said the boy, giving his cap a twist, thereby making more of a tangle than ever the curly, golden hair that had given him and Janet the nicknames of "Curlytops." The two children walked around the wooden structure which they had built, with the help of Tom and Lola Taylor, their playmates, after much hard work in hammering, pounding, and the straightening of crooked nails. Now and then Ted and Janet turned their faces to the gray clouds which floated above them. "I wish it would hurry!" murmured Janet. "So do I!" exclaimed Ted. There was a sudden chorus of shouts and laughter coming from around the corner of the house, and another boy and girl rushed up the path. "What you looking for, Ted?" asked Tom. "An airship?" for Ted's eyes were again turned toward the clouds. "Or maybe birds," added Lola, with a laugh. "Are you watching to see some of the birds fly south, because it's soon going to be winter? Are you, Ted?" "Nope!" as the answer. "I'm looking to see when it's going to snow. Mother said a snowstorm was coming, and I'm watching for the first flakes. What's the good of a toboggan slide when there isn't any snow?" "That's right," chimed in Tom Taylor. "Now we have this toboggan slide made, we want some snow or else we can't ride down on it." That is what the wooden structure in the yard of the Curlytops was a toboggan slide. Tom and Ted, with the help of some other boys and the aid of a few jolly girls, who brought up boards and boxes (though they couldn't drive the nails straight) had, after much hard work, built up a sort of toboggan slide. Now all that was needed was snow so they could ride down it on their sleds, for none of the children had toboggans those queer, low, flat sleds, all of wood, with the round curved piece in front... Continue reading book >>
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