Part 9 (2/2)
”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 cla.s.s 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 loud bark--”Bow-wow!”
”Oh, it's a dog!” exclaimed Flossie aloud, before she thought.
”That sounds like our Snap!” said Freddie, almost at the same time.
”Children, you must be quiet!” called the teacher.
Just then the door between the two rooms was pushed open, and in walked Snap, wagging his tail. He looked at the teacher, he looked at the other children, and then, with a joyful bark, he ran up to Flossie and Freddie.
CHAPTER VII
THE SCHOOL PLAY
”Snap! Snap!” cried Freddie, as he left his seat and put his arms around the dog's neck. ”Good dog, Snap!”
Snap liked to be petted, and he wagged his tail faster than before and barked. Flossie saw a queer look on her teacher's face, and the little girl said:
”Snap, you must be quiet. You musn't bark in school any more than we must whisper. I didn't want to speak out loud,” she said to the teacher, ”but I had to, or Snap wouldn't hear me.”
”Oh, that part's all right, my dear,” the teacher said kindly. ”But how did your dog get here?”
”I--I don't know,” answered Flossie, while Freddie kept on petting Snap.
Just then the door of the other school room, in which Nan and Bert studied, opened, and the teacher from there came in. She was a new one.
”Is that dog here?” she asked. Then she could see that Snap was there.
The children in Flossie's room were laughing now. Some of the pupils from the other room were standing in the doorway behind the teacher, looking in.
”Whose dog is that?” the new teacher asked.
”He's ours, if you please,” said Bert.
”Did you bring him to school?”
”No, ma'am. He must have got loose,” answered Nan. ”He was chained up when we left for school this morning, and he must have got lonesome and come to find us.”
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