to have some fun," said Jan, as she and her
brother started Nicknack toward home after having had some more rides
themselves, and giving some to their little friends.

"What?" asked Ted. "Haven't we had fun enough?"

"Yes, but we can have more," went on Jan. "And this fun is good to eat."

"If you mean stopping at a store and getting some lollypops--nopy!" and
Ted shook his head quickly from side to side.

"I didn't mean that," declared Jan.

"It's good you didn't," came from her brother, "'cause if you did we
couldn't."

"Why not?" Jan asked.

"I haven't got a penny," returned Teddy. "I asked mother for some when I
went home to get Nicknack, but she told me to wait a minute while she
paid the milkman."

"Didn't you wait?" asked Jan in some surprise. It seemed strange that
Teddy would miss a chance like this, as Mrs. Martin did not give the
Curlytops pennies every time they asked for them. She did not want them
to get in the habit of spending money too freely, especially when it was
given them, and they had done no little thing to earn it. Nor did she
want them to buy candy when she did not know about it. So the giving of
pennies was really an event in the lives of Ted and Jan, and the little
girl wondered very much now, why it was her brother had not taken the
money when his mother was willing to give it.

"Why didn't you want to wait, Ted?" asked Jan.

"Oh, I wanted to all right," he answered; "but Nicknack didn't want to.
I got him--Nora and me--all harnessed up, and I tied him out in front;
then I went in to ask for the pennies--one for you and one for me."

"Oh, I wish you'd got 'em," said Jan, rather sorrowfully.

"I would have, only for the goat," explained her brother. "Mother told
me to wait; but, just as she said it, I saw an automobile come along in
front of our house close to where I'd tied Nicknack.

"Our goat got scared and tried to run away, 'cause the auto chucked snow
on him, and then I had to run out to catch him. That's why I couldn't
wait for the pennies. I jumped on the sled just as Nicknack was startin'
to run away----"

"Star-ting!" corrected Janet.

"Well, star-ting, then," laughed Ted. "Anyhow, I couldn't make him turn
around to go back for the pennies, so I came on right over to the pond."

"And we had a lot of fun there," stated Jan. "Only I didn't like to see
our goat fall down."

"Well, he'll stand up when we get rubbers for him," said Ted. "But
how're we going to have m