The Project Gutenberg eBook, Daddy Takes Us Skating, by Howard R. GarisThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Daddy Takes Us SkatingAuthor: Howard R. GarisRelease Date: November 23, 2003 [eBook #10220]Language: EnglishChatacter set encoding: US-ASCII***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DADDY TAKES US SKATING***E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Josephine Paolucci, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed ProofreadingTeamDADDY TAKES US SKATINGByHOWARD R. GARIS1914CHAPTER IA COLD NIGHT"Oh, how red your nose is!" cried little Mabel Blake, one day, as her brother Hal came running out of the school yard,where he had been playing with some other boys. Mabel was waiting for him to walk home with her as he had promised."So's your's red, too, Mab!" Harry said. "It's as red—as red as some of the crabs we boiled at our seashore cottage thissummer.""Is my nose red?" asked Mab of some of her girl friends."It surely is!" replied Jennie Bruce. "All our noses are red!" she went on. "It's the cold that makes 'em so. It's very cold to-day, and soon it will be winter, with lots of snow and ice! Oh! I just love winter!""Come on, Hal!" called Mab. "Let's hurry home before it gets any colder!""Let's run!" suggested Hal. "When you run you get warm, ...
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