Together they ran into the yard. As Bert had said, Snap, getting tired
of being tied to a post with a thin string, had broken the cord, and
now was racing over the fields after another dog with whom he often
played.
"Come back, Snap! Come back!" cried Freddie.
Snap paid no heed.
Just then, through the front gate, came a girl. She looked so much
like Bert, with his dark hair and eyes, with his slimness and his
tallness, that you could tell at once she was his sister. As soon as
Flossie saw her, she cried:
"Oh, Nan! We were going to hitch Snap to the express wagon, but
Freddie and I can't find our straps, and Snap ran away, and--and--"
"Never mind, Flossie dear," said Nan. "Wait until you hear the good
news I have for you!"
"Good news?" exclaimed Bert, coming away from his bicycle, toward his
twin sister.
"Yes, the very best!" Nan went on. "It's about a houseboat! Now,
Flossie and Freddie, sit down on the grass and I'll tell you all about
the good news!"
CHAPTER II
SNAP SAVES FREDDIE
Down on the soft green grass of the lawn, sat the two sets of Bobbsey
twins. Yes, there were two "sets" of them, and I shall tell you how
that was, in a little while.
"Begin at the beginning," suggested Bert to his sister. He always
liked to hear all of anything, so Nan prepared to skip nothing.
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