Either/Or, passage 324

Then, when they had on dry garments, and could go out, there was no one with whom to play.

Either/Or, passage 227

Freddie tried to snap his fingers, but they were too short and fat. Then he patted the dog on the head and said:

Either/Or, passage 524

"Want to see the water squirt, Freddie?" asked Danny. "That's a new kind of faucet. It squirts awful far."

Either/Or, passage 135

"Children--children--I don't know what I'll do with you if you don't stop that constant bickering," said Mrs. Bobbsey. "You must not dispute so."

Either/Or, passage 313

Flossie tried this, but at first the dog did not seem to want to do this particular trick. He played soldier, said his prayers, stood on his hind legs, and turned a somersault. But he would not jump over the water.

Either/Or, passage 905

"I've had the switchmen and trackmen keep a lookout for some time past," the agent told Nan, for Mr. Bobbsey did a large business in shipping lumber over the railroad, and many of the men were his friends. "One of the switchmen near where the wreck was, caught a lot of cats, that must have been living out in the fields all Summer," went on the agent, "but they were all sorts of colors. None was pure black, so I knew they could not be yours. I'm sorry."

Either/Or, passage 864

"Then how do you account for this?" asked the chief, as he held out a box partly filled with cigarettes. "I picked these up in the living room," he went on, for the boathouse had one room carpeted, and fitted with chairs and tables, and electric lights where the family often spent evenings during Summer.

Either/Or, passage 25

The train rolled on, the two younger twins each having a window now, and Nan occupying the seat with her little brother. For a time there was quietness, until Mrs. Bobbsey said to her husband:

Either/Or, passage 348

Nan Bobbsey's first duty, after reporting to her new teacher, was to go to the kindergarten room, and ask the teacher there if Flossie and Freddie might sit together.

Either/Or, passage 389

"That's right," agreed Charley. "And we'd better start it right away, Bert. It may soon snow."

Either/Or, passage 230

"Oh, isn't he a fine dog!" cried Flossie. "I wonder who taught him those tricks?"

Either/Or, passage 158

"That's a queer trick," said Mr. Bobbsey. "I guess this dog has been trained. He probably belongs around here."

Either/Or, passage 713

Hal, Harry, and Bert had fine times together. There was no skating, and the little flurry of snow there had been was not enough for coasting, but they had other fun.

Either/Or, passage 163

"Lemme hab it, Massa Bobbsey," pleaded Dinah. "I ain't carryin' half enough. I's pow'ful strong, I is."

Either/Or, passage 505

"They're too small--there won't be anything left of them after they're cleaned," said Nan, who was quite a little housekeeper.

Either/Or, passage 126

"I think so. But it will take some time. The circus is going to Danville--that's a hundred miles from here. But I will write to the managers there, and ask them to get our cup from the fat lady."

Either/Or, passage 343

"I know what I'm going to do to you after school, Bert Bobbsey!" called the bully. "You just wait and see."

Either/Or, passage 776

"That's the fastest one on the hill," boasted another lad who was helping Danny pull his sled.

Either/Or, passage 823

Then came many more coasts, Bert giving Nan and Flossie and Freddie, and a number of their little girl and boy friends, several rides.

Either/Or, passage 50

"Yes, and it's all ours. When I grow up I'm going to have my half made into a bracelet."

Either/Or, passage 685

He and Danny went at each other with their fists clenched, a crowd of other boys looking on, and urging one or the other to do their best, for both Danny and Bert had friends, though Bert was the best liked.

Either/Or, passage 95

"So he is, little Fat Fireman," said Nan, "Come and sit with me, and we can see the men catch the monkeys."

Either/Or, passage 841

"Thank goodness it ain't yeah! Mah goodness, but I suah was skarit fo' a minute!"

Either/Or, passage 806

"No I'm not. I'm away from the middle, even," said Bert, "Besides, I'm behind you."

Either/Or, passage 54

"Never mind, little boy," said the fat lady. "It's only clean water. Come here and I'll wipe it off with my handkerchief. I'd come to you, only I'm so stout it's hard enough for me to walk anyhow, and when the train is moving I simply can't do it."

Either/Or, passage 111

"He gave the fat lady a drink from it," spoke Flossie, "and she didn't give it back."

Either/Or, passage 464

Each teacher had charge of her special class, but she did not look too closely after them, for it was a day to be happy and free from care, with no thought of school or lessons.

Either/Or, passage 88

But, though the twins liked the country very much, they soon had a chance to see something of the ocean, and in the third book of the series, called "The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore," my readers will find out what happened there.

Either/Or, passage 437

"Yes, and maybe she'll come with us," suggested Flossie. "Wouldn't that be nice?"

Either/Or, passage 22

"Yes," answered Flossie, "he was to have the seat next to the window until we came to a station, and then it's to be my turn until we pass another station, and we have passed one, but he won't change over."

Either/Or, passage 99

"Oh, that's near home!" exclaimed Mrs. Bobbsey. "Why can't we get out, Richard, walk across the fields to the trolley line, and take that home? It won't be far, and we'll be there ever so much quicker."

Either/Or, passage 739

"I have been noticing it, too," said the lady teacher. "Perhaps the furnace does not work properly."

Either/Or, passage 886

From then on Mr. Rugg did some hard thinking. He began "putting two and two together" as the old saying has it. He remembered the Bobbsey boathouse fire. On that occasion Danny had come in late, and there had been the smell of smoke on his clothes.

Either/Or, passage 66

Knowing that his children were safe, Mr. Bobbsey put them down and led them back to where his wife was anxiously waiting.

Either/Or, passage 136

"Well, mamma, but isn't chasing your tail a trick?" asked Flossie. "Freddie says it isn't."

Either/Or, passage 945

"Yes, they love each other!" exclaimed Flossie. "They are not going to fight! Oh, how glad I am!" and she danced in delight.

Either/Or, passage 430

"Children," said the principal to the Bobbseys and all the others in school the next day, "I have a little treat for you. To-morrow will be a holiday, and, as the weather is very warm, we will close the school at noon, and go off in the woods for a little picnic."

Either/Or, passage 909

"No word yet," answered Mr. Bobbsey. "That circus is traveling all over Cuba, and the letters I sent never seem to catch up to them. However, I am sending one on ahead now, to a city where they will soon give a show. The fat lady will find it there waiting for her, and she may answer then."

Either/Or, passage 576

In the potato scramble several rows of potatoes were made across the room. Each player was given a large spoon, and whoever first took up all his or her potatoes in the spoon, one at a time, and piled them up at the far end of the room, won the game. In this Charley Mason was successful, and won the prize--a pretty little pin for his tie.

Either/Or, passage 215

Soon the little twins were undressed and put to bed. Nan and Bert soon followed, but Mr. and Mrs. Bobbsey stayed up a little later to talk over certain matters.

Either/Or, passage 899

It was Saturday, and there was no school. Bert had gone off coasting on his new bob, but Nan did not want to go, her mother having asked her to stay and help with the dusting. But now the little bit of housework was over, and Nan was free.

Either/Or, passage 948

"Oh! Oh! Oh!" cried the Bobbsey twins in delight, as they looked at their two pets.

Either/Or, passage 728

The Bobbseys were back at school. For a time Nan and Bert, who were in a higher grade, did not like it so well, as they had a strange teacher, and lessons, too, were more difficult. But they were not children who gave up easily, and soon they were at the head of their class as usual. Their teacher, too, was much nicer than they had thought at first. They had considered her stern, but it was only her way, and soon wore off.

Either/Or, passage 618

The others could see a trail of water drops leading from the stoop down the steps and along the stone walk at the side of the Bobbsey house.

Either/Or, passage 513

The march home was not as joyful as the one to the grove had been, for most of the children were tired. But they all had had a fine time, and there were many requests of the teachers to have another picnic the next week.

Either/Or, passage 880

"Who's there?" called Mr. Rugg sharply. There was no answer, but he listened and was sure he heard some one in the little room where the harness was kept.

Either/Or, passage 259

Mr. Bobbsey came from his office to give some directions to the firemen, and saw his wife and the two twins. Then he took charge of them, and led them as close to the blaze as was safe.

Either/Or, passage 700

"And you never told me!" exclaimed Mrs. Bobbsey. "Why didn't you? I would have sent something."

Either/Or, passage 248

"Oh, no," said Mrs. Bobbsey. "Probably she just held it, in the excitement over the wreck, and she may have left it in the car. But please write about it."

Either/Or, passage 578

And Oh! such gasps of pleased surprise as were heard when the children saw what had been prepared for them! For Mr. and Mrs Bobbsey, while not going to any great expense, and not making the children's party too fanciful, had made it beautiful and simple.