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school, but, there was a little time. Their mother gave them their packed lunches
and told them to put them in their school bags. They were so anxious to go
outside in the snow that their mother did not have to tell them to put their coats
and boots on -- they were ready in no time! Their mother told them that she
would drive them to school that day instead of catching the school bus.
Just then the telephone rang and their mother answered. She seemed to be
talking for such a long time, and the children could not wait to go outside.
Abraham opened the front door and peered out and a gust of icy wind made their
noses twitch. "Come on Sarah" said Abraham, "we'll wait for Mum outside!" And
as they walked down the garden path they felt the snow scrunch beneath their
feet with a squeaky kind of sound.
Abraham picked up a handful of snow. He made it into a ball and threw it at
Sarah -- it hit her right on top of her hat and bits of icy cold snow melted and
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and told them to put them in their school bags. They were so anxious to go
outside in the snow that their mother did not have to tell them to put their coats
and boots on -- they were ready in no time! Their mother told them that she
would drive them to school that day instead of catching the school bus.
Just then the telephone rang and their mother answered. She seemed to be
talking for such a long time, and the children could not wait to go outside.
Abraham opened the front door and peered out and a gust of icy wind made their
noses twitch. "Come on Sarah" said Abraham, "we'll wait for Mum outside!" And
as they walked down the garden path they felt the snow scrunch beneath their
feet with a squeaky kind of sound.
Abraham picked up a handful of snow. He made it into a ball and threw it at
Sarah -- it hit her right on top of her hat and bits of icy cold snow melted and
1