And there was more noise when Dick,
who owned the White Rocking Horse, came over with his friend Herbert,
who had a toy Monkey on a Stick.
"Oh, my dear children! You are making so much noise!" called Mrs. Dunn,
entering the Christmas tree room. "Don't you want to go out in our big
barn to play?"
"Isn't it cold out in the barn?" asked Mirabell, as she looked from the
window and saw the snowflakes falling. "I wouldn't want my Lamb to
catch cold."
"It isn't cold in our barn," Archie answered. "It has steam heat, 'cause
my father doesn't want the horses to catch cold. And he doesn't want the
water in our automobile to freeze, either, so he has steam heat in our
barn."
"And it's warm and cozy," added Elsie. "Oh, out there we can have a lot
of fun!"
"Let's go out there then," said Joe. "My Donkey likes it in barns, I
guess."
"And so will my Elephant!" called Archie.
A little later the children were running over the snow to the big barn
on Mr. Dunn's country estate. The gardener had shoveled a path through
the snow from the house to the barn; so the children would not get their
feet wet. Each child carried some toy, and Archie had all he could do to
clasp the big elephant in his arms.
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