"See what beautiful colors they are!" exclaimed Freddie. "Green and blue
and red and brown and pink and yellow and--and--oh, every kind!"
"And you ought to see how fast some of 'em go around!" exclaimed Flossie.
"They just keep on going around and around and around till sometimes you
can't most see 'em go!"
"And you wind 'em just like this----" explained Freddie, making a queer
little movement with his chubby hand.
"Oh, I know just how they go," said Laddie. "Didn't I see yours run?"
"Come, children, we'll have to hurry," said Mr. Bobbsey. "We don't want to
miss the train."
"I want some of those bugs," said Laddie wistfully.
"We can get some later," replied his aunt.
"But they may be all gone when we come back!"
"I don't think so," his aunt replied. "See! They have a whole store full
of them." And then the crowd hurried off to catch the train.
In due time they arrived in Lakeport, and when Flossie and Freddie rushed
into the house, almost knocking down dear old fat Dinah, they found
Splash, the big dog, waiting for them. And Splash did really knock Flossie
down, he was so glad to see her. But she was so fat that, really, falling
just to the floor did not hurt her at all. And, anyhow, she sat down on
the tail of Splash, so it was like a cushion, only, of course, he could
not wag it until Flossie got up.
"Oh, chilluns! how glad I is t' see yo' all!" cried Dinah, trying to hug
all four of them at once.
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