ns to-day and you don't want to be late. Come on
then, get up. You too, Flossie."

"Aren't Nan and Bert going?" asked Freddie.

"Yes, but they were up long ago. I let you two little twins sleep
longer. But now it is time to get up."

After breakfast Flossie and Freddie started for school together. They
were in the same class, and had just left the kindergarten. So Flossie
and Freddie set off together, ahead of Nan and Bert. The smaller twins
had to do this because their legs were shorter than either Nan's or
Bert's and they could not walk as fast.

"Ding-dong!" rang the school bell, calling the Bobbsey twins and other
children back to their lessons, after the long, Summer vacation.

"Oh, there's Susie Simmon!" cried Flossie, as she saw a girl she knew.
"I'm going to walk with her, Freddie."

"All right. I see Jimmie Brooks. I'll go with him."

The four little ones hurried along together, talking of the fun they
had had that Summer.

A little behind came Nan and Bert. With them walked Ellen Moore and Ned
Barton, who lived near the Bobbsey house.

There were merry times in the school yard before it was time for the
last bell to ring. The boys and girls played tag, and ran about. Some
boys had tops and spun them, or played marbles. The girls did not bring
their dolls or toys to school, and the reason for this is that girls
don't have pockets in their dresses. Or, if they do have a pocket, it is
too small to hold more than a handkerchief. I think the girls ought to
get together and insist on having pockets made in their dresses. It
isn't fair for the boys to have so many.

"Ding-dong!" rang the bell again.

"Come in, children!" called the teacher, and in went the Bobbsey twins
and the others.

"Oh look, Freddie! There goes Tommy Todd!" whispered Flossie to her
brother, as they marched to their room. The teacher heard Flossie, and
said:

"You must not whisper in school."

"I won't any more," promised Flossie. "I haven't been in school for so
long that I forgot," and all the other children laughed.

Tommy Todd was in a class ahead of Flossie and Freddie. He looked across
at them and smiled, for the teacher did not mind any one's smiling in
school. But when one whispered it disturbed those who wanted to study
their lessons.

It was almost time for the morning recess, and Flossie and Freddie were
saying their lessons, when from the next room, where Bert and Nan sat,
came a sound of laughter. Then sounded a