April 7, 2025 • 9 mins
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Read by Amy Brummett. The Bobbsey Twins at Cedar Camp
by Laura Lee Hope. Bert starts out just about the
time that Bert was getting ready to try for a
rabbit pot pie by firing the gun from the door
of Missus Bimby's cabin. In the other and larger cabin
(00:22):
at Cedar Camp, the smaller Bobbsey twins were having a
good time. There was no danger there of starving, for
the cupboard was far from being bare. But of course
mister and Missus Bobbsey were worried because after their long
night of worry, neither Bert nor Nan had come back,
and there was no news of them. But we'll surely
(00:44):
hear from them today, said Tom Case as he came
over through the storm after breakfast to learn if mister
Bobbsey had any special plans. Old's Old Jim, asked mister Bobbsey,
as the head of the sawmill workers came in out
of the storm, for it was still snowing. Oh, Jim's
all right, was the answer, But he's worrying about his
(01:07):
wife not having any food. I came over to say
that if the storm lets up a little, maybe we'd
better try to take something to eat to the old lady.
She's all alone in her cabin. Of course, neither he
nor Old Jim knew that the two older Bobbsey twins
were at that very moment with Missus Bimby. All right,
(01:29):
it would be a good idea, said mister Bobbsey, and
we must make another search for Burton Nan. I have
a sort of feeling that they're safe, said mister Case.
And really it wouldn't be wise for you to start
out in this storm to look for them. I think
it may moderate a little by tomorrow. Let us hope, so,
(01:51):
sighed Missus Bobbsey. Can't Old Jim come over and play
with us, asked FLOSSI we want to have some fun,
added Freddy. The two smaller twins had been as good
as possible, but they were not used to being cooped
up in the house, and there really was not much
to do in the cabin. No toys had been brought
(02:11):
along for mister Bobbsey had not expected to stay very
long and looking after his Christmas trees, and he's certainly
never counted on being snowed in. Yes, I'll bring Old
Jim over, said mister Case. He's pretty good at making
things with his pocket knife. Shouldn't wonder but what he
could cut you out a doll? FLOSSI can he make boats?
(02:33):
Asked Freddy. Sur he can, said the saw mill. Foreman,
where are you going to sail a boat in the snow?
Freddie Bobbsey asked Flossi A I'll have him make me
a snow boat. The little fellow said, Pooh, laughed FLOSSI.
There are ice boats, cause we rowed in one once,
(02:54):
but there aren't any snow boats, are there? Daddy? Well,
perhaps old Jim can make one. Her father said, bring
him over, Tom, I want to talk to him and
find out where would be the most likely place for
Nan and Bert to have found shelter. The old logger,
who seemed to have gotten over his exposure to the storm,
(03:14):
came to the Bobbsey cabin, and he somewhat relieved the
worries of Bert's father and mother by saying there were
a number of cabins of loggers and trappers scattered throughout
the woods, and he had an idea that Bert and
his sister might have reached one of these. Well, we'll
start out and look for them as soon as the
storm lets up. A little said mister Bobbsey. Freddy and
(03:37):
Flossy made great friends with Old Jim. They took to
him at once, and when he cut out of a
piece of wood a queer doll for Flossie and made
for Freddy a thin wooden wheel which would turn around
in the waves of heat arising from the hot stove,
the children were delighted. They climbed all over Old Jim
and laughed and shouted as though they had no cares
(03:59):
in the world. And as a matter of fact, they
were not old enough to worry about Bert and Nan.
They thought their older brother and sister would come along
sooner or later. Slowly, the day of the storm passed,
but with no lead up in the falling snow. The wind,
while it did not blow as violently as at first,
was high and cold, so that the little Bobbsey twins
(04:22):
could not go out. And it was about the time
that Flossie and Freddy were having such fun with Old
Jim that back in the same logger's lonely cabin, Bert
and Nan were wondering whether they would have anything to
eat for supper. As Nan had said, she did see
two large rabbits when she looked from the window and
she called to her brother to get the gun from
(04:43):
its place over the mantel land six, exclaimed missus Bimby.
There are two rain plain sight. Now, Bert, if you're
any kind of a shot, maybe we'll have rabbit stew
for supper. Here, take the gun, but be careful. Bert
knew a little about fire arms, and he was not
(05:04):
at all afraid as Missus Bimby put the shotgun into
his hands. Then she opened the door for him, very
carefully so as not to frighten the rabbits. They're still there,
right on top of the snow, called Nan as she
peered from the window on her side of the cabin.
I'm not going to watch you shoot them, Bert, though
I am terribly hungry, and I'm going to hold my
(05:26):
hands over my ears so i won't hear the gun.
Bert was quite excited and did not pay much attention
to what his sister was saying. But he was not
so excited that he could not hold the gun fairly. Steady,
hold it close against your shoulder. Then he won't kick
so hard. Missus Bimby whispered in his ear as she
(05:46):
helped him get the shotgun in place and pointed it
for him out of the open door. The rabbits were
in plain in sight. Now two wild gray bunnies, fat
and plump. Bert took sight over the little point on
the end of the gun. He held this sight as
steadily as he could in line with one of the rabbits.
Better shoot quick, whispered missus Bimby. I think they see us,
(06:09):
and they'll scoot away in a minute. Bert gave a
steady pull on the trigger. Not a sudden pole, which
is not the right way to shoot. A sudden pole
spoils your aim. Bang went the shotgun. Oh, screamed Nan, who,
in spite of having held her hands over her ears,
heard the report. A got one, A got one, excitedly
(06:31):
cried Bert as he saw one of the bunnies lying
on the snow. The other had scampered off. Yes, you
did get one, child, said missus Bimby, as she ran
out into the storm and came back with the game.
Now we shan't starve. I'll make a pot pie. This
she did, stewing the rabbit with some dumplings she made
(06:52):
from a little flower she had left in the bottom
of the barrel. Bert and Nant thought nothing had ever
tasted so good. As that rabbit pot pie. You'll be
quite a hunter when you grow up, said missus Bimby.
When the meal was over. You shot straight and true, Bert,
But you help me, said the Bobbsy boy. A kunda
(07:12):
ain't a gun straight if you hadn't helped me. But
I saw the rabbits, didn't, I asked Nan. Yes, dearie,
you surely did, said the kind old woman. Now we
shan't starve for a couple of days anyhow, and then
I can shoot more rabbits or maybe some squirrels, Bert declared.
(07:33):
I hope by that time the storm will be over,
remarked missus Bimby, and that my Jim will come back.
Will he take us home or bring our father here,
Nan questioned, I guess so, Missus Bimby answered. But as
the snow kept up all the remainder of that day,
and as it was still storming hard when night came,
(07:55):
there did not see much chance of the two older
Bobbsey twins being rescued. Bert and Ann spent the night
in the little rooms of the cabin, but they slept
better this time, Nan not even awakening for a drink
of water, and in the morning, Bert looked from a
window and cried, hooray, the snow's stopping. I'm going to
start out and go back to camp. You are, asked, nan,
(08:20):
are you going to take me? No, said Bert, you'd
better stay here. I'll go to camp and send Daddy
back in a sled for you. He can hitch a
horse to one of the lumber sleds now that the
snow is stopping, and he can ride you home. And
if I find your husband, I'll send him back with
a lot of things to eat, he told Missus Bimby.
(08:42):
I wish you would, deary, said the old woman. But
are you really going to start out Bert? Yes'um my
father and mother will be worried about us. I can
get to camp now, I'm sure, as the storm is
almost over. Missus Bimby, who though not very wide, was kind,
made him take a little lunch with him, packing up
(09:04):
some cold boiled chestnuts and part of the cold rabbit meat.
It was all there was. But maybe I'll get to
camp before I have to eat, said Bert, and i'll
send back help to you. So Bert started out Missus Bimby,
showing him the direction he was to take. It was
still snowing a little, but he hoped it would soon stop.
(09:26):
End of Chapter sixteen,
Read by Amy Brummett. The Bobbsey Twins at Cedar Camp
by Laura Lee Hope. Bert starts out just about the
time that Bert was getting ready to try for a
rabbit pot pie by firing the gun from the door
of Missus Bimby's cabin. In the other and larger cabin
(00:22):
at Cedar Camp, the smaller Bobbsey twins were having a
good time. There was no danger there of starving, for
the cupboard was far from being bare. But of course
mister and Missus Bobbsey were worried because after their long
night of worry, neither Bert nor Nan had come back,
and there was no news of them. But we'll surely
(00:44):
hear from them today, said Tom Case as he came
over through the storm after breakfast to learn if mister
Bobbsey had any special plans. Old's Old Jim, asked mister Bobbsey,
as the head of the sawmill workers came in out
of the storm, for it was still snowing. Oh, Jim's
all right, was the answer, But he's worrying about his
(01:07):
wife not having any food. I came over to say
that if the storm lets up a little, maybe we'd
better try to take something to eat to the old lady.
She's all alone in her cabin. Of course, neither he
nor Old Jim knew that the two older Bobbsey twins
were at that very moment with Missus Bimby. All right,
(01:29):
it would be a good idea, said mister Bobbsey, and
we must make another search for Burton Nan. I have
a sort of feeling that they're safe, said mister Case.
And really it wouldn't be wise for you to start
out in this storm to look for them. I think
it may moderate a little by tomorrow. Let us hope, so,
(01:51):
sighed Missus Bobbsey. Can't Old Jim come over and play
with us, asked FLOSSI we want to have some fun,
added Freddy. The two smaller twins had been as good
as possible, but they were not used to being cooped
up in the house, and there really was not much
to do in the cabin. No toys had been brought
(02:11):
along for mister Bobbsey had not expected to stay very
long and looking after his Christmas trees, and he's certainly
never counted on being snowed in. Yes, I'll bring Old
Jim over, said mister Case. He's pretty good at making
things with his pocket knife. Shouldn't wonder but what he
could cut you out a doll? FLOSSI can he make boats?
(02:33):
Asked Freddy. Sur he can, said the saw mill. Foreman,
where are you going to sail a boat in the snow?
Freddie Bobbsey asked Flossi A I'll have him make me
a snow boat. The little fellow said, Pooh, laughed FLOSSI.
There are ice boats, cause we rowed in one once,
(02:54):
but there aren't any snow boats, are there? Daddy? Well,
perhaps old Jim can make one. Her father said, bring
him over, Tom, I want to talk to him and
find out where would be the most likely place for
Nan and Bert to have found shelter. The old logger,
who seemed to have gotten over his exposure to the storm,
(03:14):
came to the Bobbsey cabin, and he somewhat relieved the
worries of Bert's father and mother by saying there were
a number of cabins of loggers and trappers scattered throughout
the woods, and he had an idea that Bert and
his sister might have reached one of these. Well, we'll
start out and look for them as soon as the
storm lets up. A little said mister Bobbsey. Freddy and
(03:37):
Flossy made great friends with Old Jim. They took to
him at once, and when he cut out of a
piece of wood a queer doll for Flossie and made
for Freddy a thin wooden wheel which would turn around
in the waves of heat arising from the hot stove,
the children were delighted. They climbed all over Old Jim
and laughed and shouted as though they had no cares
(03:59):
in the world. And as a matter of fact, they
were not old enough to worry about Bert and Nan.
They thought their older brother and sister would come along
sooner or later. Slowly, the day of the storm passed,
but with no lead up in the falling snow. The wind,
while it did not blow as violently as at first,
was high and cold, so that the little Bobbsey twins
(04:22):
could not go out. And it was about the time
that Flossie and Freddy were having such fun with Old
Jim that back in the same logger's lonely cabin, Bert
and Nan were wondering whether they would have anything to
eat for supper. As Nan had said, she did see
two large rabbits when she looked from the window and
she called to her brother to get the gun from
(04:43):
its place over the mantel land six, exclaimed missus Bimby.
There are two rain plain sight. Now, Bert, if you're
any kind of a shot, maybe we'll have rabbit stew
for supper. Here, take the gun, but be careful. Bert
knew a little about fire arms, and he was not
(05:04):
at all afraid as Missus Bimby put the shotgun into
his hands. Then she opened the door for him, very
carefully so as not to frighten the rabbits. They're still there,
right on top of the snow, called Nan as she
peered from the window on her side of the cabin.
I'm not going to watch you shoot them, Bert, though
I am terribly hungry, and I'm going to hold my
(05:26):
hands over my ears so i won't hear the gun.
Bert was quite excited and did not pay much attention
to what his sister was saying. But he was not
so excited that he could not hold the gun fairly. Steady,
hold it close against your shoulder. Then he won't kick
so hard. Missus Bimby whispered in his ear as she
(05:46):
helped him get the shotgun in place and pointed it
for him out of the open door. The rabbits were
in plain in sight. Now two wild gray bunnies, fat
and plump. Bert took sight over the little point on
the end of the gun. He held this sight as
steadily as he could in line with one of the rabbits.
Better shoot quick, whispered missus Bimby. I think they see us,
(06:09):
and they'll scoot away in a minute. Bert gave a
steady pull on the trigger. Not a sudden pole, which
is not the right way to shoot. A sudden pole
spoils your aim. Bang went the shotgun. Oh, screamed Nan, who,
in spite of having held her hands over her ears,
heard the report. A got one, A got one, excitedly
(06:31):
cried Bert as he saw one of the bunnies lying
on the snow. The other had scampered off. Yes, you
did get one, child, said missus Bimby, as she ran
out into the storm and came back with the game.
Now we shan't starve. I'll make a pot pie. This
she did, stewing the rabbit with some dumplings she made
(06:52):
from a little flower she had left in the bottom
of the barrel. Bert and Nant thought nothing had ever
tasted so good. As that rabbit pot pie. You'll be
quite a hunter when you grow up, said missus Bimby.
When the meal was over. You shot straight and true, Bert,
But you help me, said the Bobbsy boy. A kunda
(07:12):
ain't a gun straight if you hadn't helped me. But
I saw the rabbits, didn't, I asked Nan. Yes, dearie,
you surely did, said the kind old woman. Now we
shan't starve for a couple of days anyhow, and then
I can shoot more rabbits or maybe some squirrels, Bert declared.
(07:33):
I hope by that time the storm will be over,
remarked missus Bimby, and that my Jim will come back.
Will he take us home or bring our father here,
Nan questioned, I guess so, Missus Bimby answered. But as
the snow kept up all the remainder of that day,
and as it was still storming hard when night came,
(07:55):
there did not see much chance of the two older
Bobbsey twins being rescued. Bert and Ann spent the night
in the little rooms of the cabin, but they slept
better this time, Nan not even awakening for a drink
of water, and in the morning, Bert looked from a
window and cried, hooray, the snow's stopping. I'm going to
start out and go back to camp. You are, asked, nan,
(08:20):
are you going to take me? No, said Bert, you'd
better stay here. I'll go to camp and send Daddy
back in a sled for you. He can hitch a
horse to one of the lumber sleds now that the
snow is stopping, and he can ride you home. And
if I find your husband, I'll send him back with
a lot of things to eat, he told Missus Bimby.
(08:42):
I wish you would, deary, said the old woman. But
are you really going to start out Bert? Yes'um my
father and mother will be worried about us. I can
get to camp now, I'm sure, as the storm is
almost over. Missus Bimby, who though not very wide, was kind,
made him take a little lunch with him, packing up
(09:04):
some cold boiled chestnuts and part of the cold rabbit meat.
It was all there was. But maybe I'll get to
camp before I have to eat, said Bert, and i'll
send back help to you. So Bert started out Missus Bimby,
showing him the direction he was to take. It was
still snowing a little, but he hoped it would soon stop.
(09:26):
End of Chapter sixteen,
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