this, and was angry at Danny for being so mean.

"Don't be afraid, Freddie," said Bert. "Look, I'll let you squirt
the hose, and you can pretend to be a fireman."

"Oh, fine!" cried Freddie, in delight, as he took the nozzle from
his older brother.

Just how it happened neither of them could tell, but the stream of
water shot right at Danny Rugg, and wet him all over in a second.

"Hi there!" he cried. "Stop that! I'll pay you back for that, Fred
Bobbsey," and he jumped over the fence and ran toward the little
fellow.





CHAPTER VII

AT SCHOOL




Freddie saw Danny coming, and did the most natural thing in the
world. He dropped the hose and ran. And you know what a hose, with
water bursting from the nozzle will sometimes do if you don't hold
it just right. Well, this hose did that. It seemed to aim itself