The Curlytops at Silver Lake

ll dreaming. But when he took a second look at his little brother Trouble, stand

low, laughing joyously. "Hims is 'ike a big stone

been more widely opened, and if he had not been so suddenly awakened from his slee

ered. One bare leg was outside the covers on the cot now, and the first thing Teddy knew

p in bed. "What have you there, Tr

laughed Baby Will

uble had brought in. It was crawling about on the bed now-sliding on and off

ied Teddy. "Oh, where'd

wn by lake," was the answer. "Trouble

want him in my bed. Take him out, Trouble, and I'll get dressed. It

he little chap as he reached for the cra

t in Janet's bed

ted Trouble. "Me

lliam was about to toddle into the room where Mr. Wilson slept. "Take the turtle outsi

uble, and out he went

here Baby William had been put to sleep the night before. Mrs. Martin saw that the crib was empty, and she guessed what had ha

turtle and put it in my bed. He woke me up. The turtle crawled on my bare leg, and I thought at first it

ther. "Trouble, put the tur

what he was told at once, as he near

sed, as was the rest of the family, and soon

as she got up from the table. "I want to s

ked around

he said, not se

him, Trouble. We could 'a' had a lot of fun w

anywhere, Troub

ered Baby William, still stooping

d you put him

shook

t!" he sa

sometimes put his toys, or one of Janet's doll

him to breakfast," said Mrs. Martin, "and the turtle craw

other turtle," said Ted.

I want to do now," an

," decided Ted. "Come on, Trouble. Show m

ats!" called Mrs. Martin to her two littl

on the shore of the lake, looking for turtles, so their mother was not worried about them. Janet was on the porch, taking some of her toys from the box in which they had been packed, and Uncle Ben

n, as he put his left foot in one of the pair of boo

't they big enough for

wered the man who had once been a sailor. "Ther

e pulled it out and thrust in his hand

uble's lost tur

it?" asked

rouble must have dropped the turtle in the bo

d there, surely enough, o

oot in!" laughed Uncle Ben. "T

"The children can play with it. They won't hurt it, and t

nough on the sides to keep the creature from crawling out. Then

of other things to make them happy. There were frogs, and there were little fishes swimming close to shore in the shallow water. But every time the

les, that, some day, would turn into frogs. And by scooping up water

em turn into frogs," suggested Ted.

greed the s

then he and his brother caught more tadpoles. Soon th

urn into frogs," said Ted, as he ca

il at first, lost it after a while, and then grew two feet, an

the can of wiggling tadpoles. Then, as no change took p

we watch 'em. Let's go away now, an

d not know that it takes many days

d, as he led his brother toward the bungalow. "Maybe she'll come with us an' have s

'ess!" was

cookie by Mrs. Martin, they started out again to look for something to do. There were ma

d and the shoot-the-chutes were going,

rtin to the Curlytops and Trouble. "Uncle Ben is

ll be fun!

ng a little way

wn the winding path. Janet saw, in a c

going to pick a bouquet for mother to put on the

," added Ted, as he saw a clump near the blue flow

sies grew on the edge of a hole that was filled with water and very sticky m

some. Ted, who was watching her, suddenly saw his sister go out of sight.

he cried. "Wha

"Oh, Teddy, I fell in