In the main part of the
snow house Freddie and Flossie at first placed an old rug and two blocks
of wood for chairs, and a small bench for a table. Then, when Flossie
grew tired of the house, Freddie turned it into a stable, in which he
placed his rocking-horse. Then he brought out his iron fire engine, and
used the place for a fire-house, tying an old dinner bell on a stick,
stuck over the doorway. _Dong! dong!_ would go the bell, and out he
would rush with his little engine and up the garden path, looking for a
fire.
"Let us play you are a reg'lar fireman," said Flossie, on seeing this.
"You must live in the fire-house, and I must be your wife and come to
see you with the baby." And she dressed up in a long skirt and paid him
a visit, with her best doll on her arm. Freddie pretended to be very
glad to see her, and embraced the baby. But a moment later he made the
bell ring, and throwing the baby to her rushed off again with his
engine.
"That wasn't very nice," pouted Flossie. "Dorothy might have fallen in
the snow."
"Can't help it," answered Freddie. "A fireman can't stop for anything.
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