Mun Bun, who wanted to
have some fun after his trouble.

"Yes, you can play with 'em," agreed Russ. "That is, with one of 'em.
I'm going to take the other and make it ring the sleigh bells."

"How can you?" asked Laddie.

"I'll show you," answered Russ.

He took the strings off one wheel, letting Mun Bun play with that, and
then tied more strings on the second wheel. He also fastened a string
of bells on the wheel, and then, standing in a far corner of the attic,
and pulling on the string of jingling bells, Russ could make them tinkle
and ring.

"This is fun!" cried Laddie, and he and his brother enjoyed themselves
very much, and so did Mun Bun. The attic was a great place to have jolly
times.

"And I don't believe there's any ghost up there, either," said Russ to
Rose that night. "First I thought it might be him pulling Mun Bun's
hair, but it wasn't. There's no ghost there."

"I'm glad of it," said Rose.

The weather became somewhat warmer again, and the six little Bunkers
could play out in the snow. The hill back of the barn was worn smoother
and smoother, and it made a fine place for coasting.

"Let's take our dolls out and give them a ride," said Vi to Rose one
day. "They haven't had a sleigh ride for a long while."

"Yes, we'll give 'em a ride," agreed Rose.

"My doll wants a ride, too," said Margy.

Russ, Laddie and Mun Bun were making another snow-man, which was to be a
regular "giant," so the girls had the coasting hill to themselves. They
took two sleds, for Vi wanted to go by herself. But Margy was almost too
little for this.

"You shall ride down with sister," promised Rose. "I'll take care of
you."

"And I can hold my doll, can't I?" asked Margy.

"Oh, yes," agreed Rose.

They had brought to Great Hedge with them the Japanese dolls that had
come ashore in the box on the beach at Cousin Tom's, and these the three
girls took out with them to coast downhill. They had made new clothes
for the dolls, as the Japanese dresses were hardly warm enough for the
cold weather at Grandpa Ford's.

Reaching the hill, Vi took her place on her sled, holding her doll in
her lap, and then, holding to the sled rope, she began pushing herself
to the edge of the slope, at the same time calling:

"Gid-ap! Gid-ap!"

"You don't say 'gid-ap' to a sled," objected Rose. "That's only for a
horse when you want it to go."

"Well, I want my sled to go, and that's the same thing," declared Vi.
"Why can't I say it