The climax was reached when Bert tried to
imitate a thunderstorm in the mountains and pulled over a big trunk full
of old clothes and some window screens standing in a corner. The show
broke up in a hurry, and when Mrs. Bobbsey appeared on the scene,
wanting to know what the noise meant, all the actors and the doll
audience were out of sight.
But later, when mamma went below again, Bert and Nan sneaked back, and
put both the trunk and the screens in their proper places.
CHAPTER XIII
NAN'S FIRST CAKE-BAKING
"Let's!" cried Nan.
"Yes, let's!" echoed Flossie.
"I want to help too," put in Freddie, "Want to make a cake all by my own
self."
"Freddie can make a little cake while we make a big one," said Bert.
It was on an afternoon just a week before Christmas and Mrs. Bobbsey had
gone out to do some shopping. Dinah was also away, on a visit to some
relatives, so the children had the house all to themselves.
It was Bert who spoke about cake-making first. Queer that a boy should
think of it, wasn't it? But Bert was very fond of cake, and did quite
some grumbling when none was to be had.
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