w of pieces of coal
down the front of the snow man, they looked just as Bert had said they
would--like buttons on a coat.

"Now let's make a little snow image, and he will be the snow man's
little boy," said Freddie, after a bit.

"Oh, that will be nice!" cried Flossie.

The little twins rolled some smaller balls of snow, and, putting them
together, as they had seen Bert do, they soon had a little snow boy,
which stood beside the big snow man.

While the smaller Bobbsey twins were doing this Bert and Charley were
making a snow fort in the back yard. And when it was finished some other
boys came along and there was a snow battle. Bert and Charley, inside
the fort, threw snowballs at the other boys outside. And every time they
threw, Bert and Charley would dodge down behind the walls of the fort,
so they were not hit very often.

But finally so many boys crowded around the snow fort, throwing balls
from all sides at Bert and Charley, that they could not throw back fast
enough, and they had to give up.

"Whoop! Come on, capture the fort!" cried Ned Barton.

Over the walls swarmed the boys, and Bert and Charley were taken
"prisoners." Of course it was only in fun, and only soft snowballs,
which hurt no one, were used, and all had a good time.

Then other boys took a turn inside the fort, while their chums threw
snowballs at them from outside the walls, and the game went on this way,
by turns.

"I'm glad it snowed," said Jimmie Heath.

"So am I," added Bert. "We can have such fun. I say, why not build a
snow house?" he asked, after they had become tired of playing fort. "The
snow is just right for packing."

"All right--a snow house!" cried the other boys. "We'll make one!"

They made a big pile of snow, using some of that which was in the walls
of the fort. When the pile was large enough they began to dig out a
place inside. This was to be the hollow part of the house, or the main
room where they would stay.

Some boys worked at the outside walls, making them straight and smooth,
while others took away the snow that Bert and Charlie dug from the
inside.

The roof of the snow house was rounding, just like those of the snow
houses made by the Eskimos in the arctic region. And finally, when Bert
and Charley had the inside scooped out enough for more boys to get in,
they all entered and sat about on some boxes which Bert found in the
cellar.

The snow house was enjoyed by the boys and the Bobbsey twins for s