"This is going too far," said Mr. Bobbsey. "I must speak to Mr. Rugg
about this." And he did the very next day. As a result, and for having
torn his jacket, Danny received the hardest thrashing he had got in a
year. This made him more angry than ever against Bert, and also angry at
the whole Bobbsey family. But he did not dare to do anything to hurt
them at once, for fear of getting caught.
Winter was now going fast, and before long the signs of spring began to
show on every hand.
Spring made Freddie think of a big kite that he had stored away, in the
garret, and one Saturday he and Bert brought the kite forth and fixed
the string and the tail.
"There is a good breeze blowing," said Bert. "Let us go and fly it on
Roscoe's common."
"I want to see you fly the kite," said Flossie. "Can I go along?"
"Yes, come on," said Bert.
Flossie had been playing with the kitten and hated to leave it. So she
went down to the common with Snoop in her arms.
"Don't let Snoop run away from you," said Bert. "He might not find his
way back home."
The common was a large one with an old disused barn at one end.
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