Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's by Laura Lee Hope
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"That you must not do," said her older brother sternly. "If the train is going fast you might get a broken leg. Or if it is going around a curve it would be worse. You must be careful." "I think this is a dangerous play," said Vi hopefully. There was nobody really more daring than Vi. The two Armatage girls tried to coax Rose away from the "train"; but Rose liked to play with her brothers and sisters, and she knew that Mother Bunker expected her to. So she excused herself to Philly and Alice. Unfortunately they took some offense at this. That evening after supper Rose found herself ignored by Phillis and Alice Armatage. At another time this ungenerous act might have hurt the oldest Bunker girl. But she and Russ had their secret plans to carry through, and Rose was glad to get away with her brother in a room where nobody would disturb them. Again Russ had broken up pasteboard boxes, and he had pen and ink. To make new signs all in "big print" to stick up at the site of Mammy June's burned cabin was more of a task than merely writing them. This was Rose's bright idea. Russ did not deny her powers of invention. They printed four good signs. Oh, the letters were large and black! "They ought to be," Russ said. "We've used 'most half a bottle of ink." "Don't let's tell Philly or any of them," said Rose. "They laugh at so many things we do." |
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