April 7, 2025 • 10 mins
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Read by Amy Brummett. The Bobbsey Twins at Cedar Camp
by Laura Lee Hope, trying again. Though Flossie and Freddy
had what they called good times in the log cabin
at Cedar Camp, and though Old Jim played with them
making boats and dolls of wood, still the small Bobbsey
(00:23):
twins wished for the time to come when they might
go out of doors. They also began to wish for
the return of Burton Anne. When will they come, mother,
Flossy asked over and over, and bring us chestnuts, teased Freddie. Oh,
they'll come soon. Now, Missus Bobbsey said as she looked
out of the window at the flakes of snow still falling,
(00:46):
and listened to the whistle of the cold wind round
the cabin. And in her heart, how very much Missus
Bobbsey wished that Burton Ann would come back soon. Mister
Bobbsey wished the same thing. And the only comfort the
father and mother had in those worrisome days was the
thought that their older twins must have found shelter somewhere
in the woods. Old Jim declared that this was so,
(01:09):
as likewise did Tom Case and Jim Denton. But it
was still storming too much for another searching party to
set out and look for Nan and Bert. Those who
searched might themselves become lost in the blizzard, for that
is what the storm was, now a regular blizzard. Mister
Bobbsey could do nothing towards searching for the lost shipment
(01:30):
of Christmas trees. The lumbermen could not work at cutting
down trees floating, or sledding them to the mill, or
carting them to the railroad. Even the sawmill was shut down,
and all there was to do was to wait. Flossie
and Freddy were not used to staying in the house
so long at a time. They wanted to go out
and play, even if there was snow, but their mother
(01:53):
would not let them in such an unusual storm. It's
like when we were at Snow Lodge, sighed Floppy as
she stood with her little nose pressed flat against the window,
thereby making her face cold. We could go out there,
a little, sighed Freddy. I think you children are very lucky,
(02:13):
said their mother. You have a warm place to stay.
Think of poor Nan and Bert, they may she stopped suddenly.
She dared not think of what her older son and
daughter might be suffering. She glanced quickly at Flossy and Freddy.
She was afraid lest she should make them worry too,
(02:33):
But fortunately Flossy and Freddy were not that sort. They
did not believe in worrying unless it was over not
having fun enough. However, the log cabin was of good size,
and with old Jim to come over now and then
to amuse them with cutting out wooden toys, the two
Bobbsey twins did not have such a sad time as
might be imagined. To day. However, when the storm had
(02:56):
kept up so long, and when they had not had
a chance to go out, they felt rather lonesome and
as if they wanted to do something so Presently, when
Flossie had grown tired of pressing her nose against the glass,
making it cold, and then holding it on Freddy's cheek
to hear him exclaim in surprise, the little girl wandered
about looking for something to do. Freddie joined her, and,
(03:18):
while their mother was in another room talking to mister
Bobbsey and saying he ought soon to make another trip
in search for bert Nan, Flossi and Freddy went up
in the top story of the log cabin. The log
cabin was the largest in that part of the woods,
and was higher than most, so that in addition to
the bedrooms on the second floor, there was above them
(03:39):
an open attic reached by a short flight of steps,
and in it were stored all sorts of odds and ends.
Maybe we can find something here to play with, suggested Flossie. Maybe,
agreed Freddie. They rummaged around in the half dark place,
back in corners where the roof came down, slanting and
(03:59):
making little cubby holes. And it was after a glance
into one of these places that Flossie drew back and
whispered to Freddy, there's a bear in here, a bear where?
And Freddy moved over closer to Flossie and looked where
she pointed. There, said the little girl, and glancing along
(04:22):
the line of her outstretched finger, Freddie saw a big
furry heap in a dark corner. Touched it first with
my foot, said Flossie. And it was soft, just like
the bear I touched that the Italian had once leading
around by a string in his nose. And then I
put out my hand and I felt his fur. Oh,
(04:44):
exclaimed Freddie. Did he did he bite you? He had
been looking for something to play with on the other
side of the attic, and therefore had not seen all
that Flossi had. Course, he didn't bite me, the little
girl answered, you didn't hear me, hollered, did you? No,
said Freddy. I didn't. I'm going to touch him. Come
(05:07):
over here, advised FOSSi, moving to one side so Freddy
could thrust his hand forward and touch that mysterious heap
of fur. I guess maybe he's asleep. That's why he
didn't growl or nothing. I guess maybe, agreed Freddie. Neither
of the Bobbsey twins felt surprised because they had an
(05:27):
idea a bear might be in the attic with them,
Nor were they afraid. A sleeping bear is not dangerous.
Of course, any little boy or girl knows that Freddy
crawled a little way farther under the sloping roof, and
by stretching out his hand managed to touch the fur.
It felt warm and soft to his fingers. Oh it
(05:49):
is a bear, he whispered, and he was delighted. Let's
go and tell mother and we can bring it downstairs
and play with it. I guess it's a little bear. Yes,
we'd better tell mother, agreed, FLOSSI. Somehow, the more she
thought of a bear being up in the attic, the
more she thought it better to have some of the
older folks know about it. Down the stairs went the
(06:12):
two Bobbsey twins, walking softly so as not to awaken
the bear. They didn't want him suddenly aroused from his
sleep and made cross. Who would have you children, bed,
cried Missus Bobbsey as she saw the two twins. They
were covered with dust and cobwebs from having crawled so
far under the sloping roof in the attic. The floor
(06:33):
was dirty too, not having been swept in many months,
and they had sat down right in the worst of
the dust. Oh, mother, gasped FLOSSI. We've been up in
the attic, and what do you think is up there?
It's a bear, burst out Freddy, not wanting his sister
to tell all the wonderful news. He's asleep and I
(06:54):
touched him. Nonsense, exclaimed Missus Bobbsey. A bear it can't be.
And yet she knew there were bears in the north Woods,
and it might be possible that one had crawled into
the cabin before they had come, and had gone to
the attic to have his long winter sleep. Yes it
is a bear, insisted Flossie, and both children were so
(07:18):
certain about the heap of fur that Missus Bobbsey called
her husband, who was out in the wood shed with
Tom Case and Jim Bimby. A bear, cried the mill foreman.
Well there are some around these woods, but I never
knew of one coming into a cabin. I'll take a look.
Ans you'd better take a gun, asked mister Bobbsey, as
(07:41):
he and old Jim followed the foreman upstairs. There's one here. Well,
you might hand it to me, said mister Case, But
I reckon if it's a bear that's crawled in to
go to sleep, he'll be so lazy. I can take
him by the back of the neck and throw em out.
Freddy and Flossie waited with their mother while their father
and the two men went to the attic. They could
(08:03):
hear the three moving around up overhead, and soon there
was a shout of laughter. Maybe it's a circus bear
and he's doing tricks, exclaimed Flossie. Oh I hope it is,
added Freddy, feeling quite excited. Their father and the two
men came downstairs. Tom Kates carried something something brown and shaggy,
(08:25):
just like the fur of some animal. There's your bear,
he said, laughing as he tossed the furry object over
a chair. A bear's skin, and that is what it was,
the skin of a big bear made into a lap
robe for use in cold weather. The fur was warm,
thick and soft, and when the skin was huddled up
(08:46):
in a heap in a corner, no wonder the Bobbsey
twins mistook it for a real bear, especially in the dark.
That's a good warm fur robe, said Old Jim. If
it was made into a fur coat, it would keep
up out the cold. Maybe that's what the man who
used to live here was going to use it for,
said mister Bobbsey. He moved away and forgot it. Well,
(09:10):
you children can play with it, he said to Flossy
and Freddy. It was a bear once, and the Bobbsey
twins had fun taking turns wrapping the bear skin about
them and pretending to be different kinds of wild animals.
It was when the storm began to grow less severe,
the wind not blowing so hard and the snow not
coming down so thickly, that mister Bobbsey, looking from the
(09:33):
window when Flossy and Freddy were playing. Bear said, I
think i'll start out again. Where asked his wife to
find Burton Anne. He answered, I think the blizzard is
about over and they will probably be starting for home.
I'll go to meet them. Oh take us, cried Flossi
(09:54):
and Freddy. Will you want to see burton Anne. Oh no,
I couldn't take you, said their father. The snow is
piled deep in drifts and you'd sink away down in
over your heads. I'll take some of the men and start,
he said to his wife, and so a little later
another searching party started away from Cedar camp to find
(10:17):
the missing Bobbsey twins. I'll go along, said old Jim,
who was now able to travel. I must take some
food to my wife. She'll be most starved. Yes, come
with us, said mister Bobbsey. We'll take some food to
missus Bimby end of chapter seventeen,
Read by Amy Brummett. The Bobbsey Twins at Cedar Camp
by Laura Lee Hope, trying again. Though Flossie and Freddy
had what they called good times in the log cabin
at Cedar Camp, and though Old Jim played with them
making boats and dolls of wood, still the small Bobbsey
(00:23):
twins wished for the time to come when they might
go out of doors. They also began to wish for
the return of Burton Anne. When will they come, mother,
Flossy asked over and over, and bring us chestnuts, teased Freddie. Oh,
they'll come soon. Now, Missus Bobbsey said as she looked
out of the window at the flakes of snow still falling,
(00:46):
and listened to the whistle of the cold wind round
the cabin. And in her heart, how very much Missus
Bobbsey wished that Burton Ann would come back soon. Mister
Bobbsey wished the same thing. And the only comfort the
father and mother had in those worrisome days was the
thought that their older twins must have found shelter somewhere
in the woods. Old Jim declared that this was so,
(01:09):
as likewise did Tom Case and Jim Denton. But it
was still storming too much for another searching party to
set out and look for Nan and Bert. Those who
searched might themselves become lost in the blizzard, for that
is what the storm was, now a regular blizzard. Mister
Bobbsey could do nothing towards searching for the lost shipment
(01:30):
of Christmas trees. The lumbermen could not work at cutting
down trees floating, or sledding them to the mill, or
carting them to the railroad. Even the sawmill was shut down,
and all there was to do was to wait. Flossie
and Freddy were not used to staying in the house
so long at a time. They wanted to go out
and play, even if there was snow, but their mother
(01:53):
would not let them in such an unusual storm. It's
like when we were at Snow Lodge, sighed Floppy as
she stood with her little nose pressed flat against the window,
thereby making her face cold. We could go out there,
a little, sighed Freddy. I think you children are very lucky,
(02:13):
said their mother. You have a warm place to stay.
Think of poor Nan and Bert, they may she stopped suddenly.
She dared not think of what her older son and
daughter might be suffering. She glanced quickly at Flossy and Freddy.
She was afraid lest she should make them worry too,
(02:33):
But fortunately Flossy and Freddy were not that sort. They
did not believe in worrying unless it was over not
having fun enough. However, the log cabin was of good size,
and with old Jim to come over now and then
to amuse them with cutting out wooden toys, the two
Bobbsey twins did not have such a sad time as
might be imagined. To day. However, when the storm had
(02:56):
kept up so long, and when they had not had
a chance to go out, they felt rather lonesome and
as if they wanted to do something so Presently, when
Flossie had grown tired of pressing her nose against the glass,
making it cold, and then holding it on Freddy's cheek
to hear him exclaim in surprise, the little girl wandered
about looking for something to do. Freddie joined her, and,
(03:18):
while their mother was in another room talking to mister
Bobbsey and saying he ought soon to make another trip
in search for bert Nan, Flossi and Freddy went up
in the top story of the log cabin. The log
cabin was the largest in that part of the woods,
and was higher than most, so that in addition to
the bedrooms on the second floor, there was above them
(03:39):
an open attic reached by a short flight of steps,
and in it were stored all sorts of odds and ends.
Maybe we can find something here to play with, suggested Flossie. Maybe,
agreed Freddie. They rummaged around in the half dark place,
back in corners where the roof came down, slanting and
(03:59):
making little cubby holes. And it was after a glance
into one of these places that Flossie drew back and
whispered to Freddy, there's a bear in here, a bear where?
And Freddy moved over closer to Flossie and looked where
she pointed. There, said the little girl, and glancing along
(04:22):
the line of her outstretched finger, Freddie saw a big
furry heap in a dark corner. Touched it first with
my foot, said Flossie. And it was soft, just like
the bear I touched that the Italian had once leading
around by a string in his nose. And then I
put out my hand and I felt his fur. Oh,
(04:44):
exclaimed Freddie. Did he did he bite you? He had
been looking for something to play with on the other
side of the attic, and therefore had not seen all
that Flossi had. Course, he didn't bite me, the little
girl answered, you didn't hear me, hollered, did you? No,
said Freddy. I didn't. I'm going to touch him. Come
(05:07):
over here, advised FOSSi, moving to one side so Freddy
could thrust his hand forward and touch that mysterious heap
of fur. I guess maybe he's asleep. That's why he
didn't growl or nothing. I guess maybe, agreed Freddie. Neither
of the Bobbsey twins felt surprised because they had an
(05:27):
idea a bear might be in the attic with them,
Nor were they afraid. A sleeping bear is not dangerous.
Of course, any little boy or girl knows that Freddy
crawled a little way farther under the sloping roof, and
by stretching out his hand managed to touch the fur.
It felt warm and soft to his fingers. Oh it
(05:49):
is a bear, he whispered, and he was delighted. Let's
go and tell mother and we can bring it downstairs
and play with it. I guess it's a little bear. Yes,
we'd better tell mother, agreed, FLOSSI. Somehow, the more she
thought of a bear being up in the attic, the
more she thought it better to have some of the
older folks know about it. Down the stairs went the
(06:12):
two Bobbsey twins, walking softly so as not to awaken
the bear. They didn't want him suddenly aroused from his
sleep and made cross. Who would have you children, bed,
cried Missus Bobbsey as she saw the two twins. They
were covered with dust and cobwebs from having crawled so
far under the sloping roof in the attic. The floor
(06:33):
was dirty too, not having been swept in many months,
and they had sat down right in the worst of
the dust. Oh, mother, gasped FLOSSI. We've been up in
the attic, and what do you think is up there?
It's a bear, burst out Freddy, not wanting his sister
to tell all the wonderful news. He's asleep and I
(06:54):
touched him. Nonsense, exclaimed Missus Bobbsey. A bear it can't be.
And yet she knew there were bears in the north Woods,
and it might be possible that one had crawled into
the cabin before they had come, and had gone to
the attic to have his long winter sleep. Yes it
is a bear, insisted Flossie, and both children were so
(07:18):
certain about the heap of fur that Missus Bobbsey called
her husband, who was out in the wood shed with
Tom Case and Jim Bimby. A bear, cried the mill foreman.
Well there are some around these woods, but I never
knew of one coming into a cabin. I'll take a look.
Ans you'd better take a gun, asked mister Bobbsey, as
(07:41):
he and old Jim followed the foreman upstairs. There's one here. Well,
you might hand it to me, said mister Case, But
I reckon if it's a bear that's crawled in to
go to sleep, he'll be so lazy. I can take
him by the back of the neck and throw em out.
Freddy and Flossie waited with their mother while their father
and the two men went to the attic. They could
(08:03):
hear the three moving around up overhead, and soon there
was a shout of laughter. Maybe it's a circus bear
and he's doing tricks, exclaimed Flossie. Oh I hope it is,
added Freddy, feeling quite excited. Their father and the two
men came downstairs. Tom Kates carried something something brown and shaggy,
(08:25):
just like the fur of some animal. There's your bear,
he said, laughing as he tossed the furry object over
a chair. A bear's skin, and that is what it was,
the skin of a big bear made into a lap
robe for use in cold weather. The fur was warm,
thick and soft, and when the skin was huddled up
(08:46):
in a heap in a corner, no wonder the Bobbsey
twins mistook it for a real bear, especially in the dark.
That's a good warm fur robe, said Old Jim. If
it was made into a fur coat, it would keep
up out the cold. Maybe that's what the man who
used to live here was going to use it for,
said mister Bobbsey. He moved away and forgot it. Well,
(09:10):
you children can play with it, he said to Flossy
and Freddy. It was a bear once, and the Bobbsey
twins had fun taking turns wrapping the bear skin about
them and pretending to be different kinds of wild animals.
It was when the storm began to grow less severe,
the wind not blowing so hard and the snow not
coming down so thickly, that mister Bobbsey, looking from the
(09:33):
window when Flossy and Freddy were playing. Bear said, I
think i'll start out again. Where asked his wife to
find Burton Anne. He answered, I think the blizzard is
about over and they will probably be starting for home.
I'll go to meet them. Oh take us, cried Flossi
(09:54):
and Freddy. Will you want to see burton Anne. Oh no,
I couldn't take you, said their father. The snow is
piled deep in drifts and you'd sink away down in
over your heads. I'll take some of the men and start,
he said to his wife, and so a little later
another searching party started away from Cedar camp to find
(10:17):
the missing Bobbsey twins. I'll go along, said old Jim,
who was now able to travel. I must take some
food to my wife. She'll be most starved. Yes, come
with us, said mister Bobbsey. We'll take some food to
missus Bimby end of chapter seventeen,
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