"But I'm
glad there'll be lots of ice. Sue and I can go skating."
"And there'll be lots of ice for ice-cream next summer," added Sue.
Mrs. Brown laughed. Then, as she saw Bunny racing to the window with
Sue, to push aside the curtains and look out at the falling white
flakes, she said:
"Come back and finish your breakfast, Bunny. I want to clear off the
table."
"I want to see the snow, first," replied the little boy. "Anyhow, I
guess I've had enough cakes."
"Oh, and I just brought in some nice, hot, brown ones!" exclaimed Mrs.
Brown.
"I'll help eat 'em!" offered Sue, and though she had had her breakfast
a little while before, she now ate part of a second one, helping her
brother.
It was Saturday, and, as there was no school, Mrs. Brown had allowed
both children to sleep a little later than usual. Sue had been up first,
and, after eating her breakfast and playing around the house, she had
gone to the window to look out and wish that Bunny would get up to play
and have fun with her.
Then she had seen the first snow of the season and had run into the
dining room to find her brother there eating his late meal.
"May we go out in the snow and play?" asked Bunny, when he had finished
the last of the brown cakes and the sweet syrup.
"Yes, if you put on your boots and your warm coats.
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