this garden.

There was also a barn near the house, and in this the children had
many good times. Flossie and Freddie played there more than did
Nan and Bert, who were growing too old for games of that sort.

As I have said, Bert and Nan were rather tall and thin, while
Flossie and Freddie were short and fat. Mr. Bobbsey used often
to call Flossie his "Fat Fairy," which always made her laugh. And
Freddie had a pet name, too. It was "Fat Fireman," for he often
played that he was a fireman; putting out make-believe fires, and
pretending he was a fire engine. Once or twice his father had
taken him to see a real fire, and this pleased Freddie very much.

In the first book of this series, called "The Bobbsey Twins," I
told you something of the fun the four children had in their home
town. They had troubles, too, and Danny Rugg, one of the few bad
boys in Lakeport, was the cause of some. Also about a certain broken
window; what happened when the twins went coasting, how they had
a good time, in an ice boat, and how they did many other things.

Snoop, the fat, black kitten, played a part in the story also. The
Bobbsey twins were very fond of Snoop, and had kept him so many
years that I suppose he ought to be called a cat, instead of a
kitten, now.

After the first winter's fun, told of in the book that began an
account of the doings of the Bobbseys, the twins and their parents
went to the home of Uncle Daniel Bobbsey, and his wife, Aunt Sarah,
in Meadow Brook.