eling something cold on
her face. She was dreaming that Jack, the monkey, was still up on the
roof, but that he had a long tail which reached all the way to the
ground. And she dreamed that Jack was dipping his tail in ice water and
tickling her on the cheek.

Something almost like this was happening as Janet opened her eyes, for
she saw Trouble bending over her with a lump of snow in his fist,
rubbing the cold stuff on her nose.

"Oh, Trouble! Stop it!" cried Janet, rolling over in bed and giving her
brother a little push. He dropped some of the cold snow down her neck.
"Oh!" screamed Jan. "You're freezing me!"

"You shouldn't have jiggled me!" complained Trouble, whose grasp on the
snowball had been loosened as his sister moved. "I wanted you open your
eyes," he added.

"I guess you made her open them all right," laughed Lola from her bed,
next to Janet's.

The talking aroused Mary, who sat up, rubbing her eyes.

"Oh, where am I?" she exclaimed. "I--Oh, I remember!" she said. "I was
dreaming I was back home!"

"And I was dreaming Jack was slapping me with his tail wet in ice
water," laughed Janet. "Then I wake up and find Trouble with a snowball.
Where did you get it?" she asked, tossing the half-melted lump into the
water basin near by.

"It blowed in the window," Trouble explained, pointing to more of the
white flakes on the sill. They had drifted in around a crack.

"You mustn't get out of bed and run around in your bare feet," said
Janet. "I wonder what sort of a day it is?" She slipped on her little
robe and slippers and went to the window, meanwhile covering Trouble
warmly in bed. "It's stopped snowing," she said, "and the sun is out. We
can make snowmen, big snowballs, and everything."

"Oh, what fun it will be!" cried Lola.

"Snow in the country is much nicer than in the city where I live," said
Mary. "It seems to stay clean longer out here."

Meanwhile Ted, Tom, and Harry had also discovered that there was a
chance for plenty of fun out of doors. They were soon up and getting
dressed, and when Aunt Sallie had seen that Trouble was washed and
dressed all the children went down to breakfast.

"Where are all the pets?" asked Mary, seeing only Mr. Nip perched on his
stand, cracking seeds in his strong beak.

"They're having their breakfasts out in their room," said Aunt Sallie,
for a special room had been provided for the animals.

A little later the Curlytops and their playmates were having fu