think so," was the answer. "It will be pretty cold
for my alligator, the monkey, and the parrot. Snuff, my cat, will be
better off if she stays at my house in Pocono. But you can take
Skyrocket out with you."

"That'll be all right," decided Ted. "But it would be a lot of fun if we
could have all the pets out at the Lake."

"I'm afraid you'll be so busy having good times out of doors, and going
to school, at least a little, that you wouldn't have much chance to play
with the pets," chuckled Uncle Toby. "And I wouldn't want any of them to
take cold. A dog is all right, romping out in the snow, but frost wasn't
meant for monkeys and parrots."

"Where will you get these two new children that are going to be our
playmates?" asked Jan.

"They are coming on a train. I expect they'll arrive at Pocono about a
week after we get there. I'll tell you about them later. They are poor
children, and they haven't had as many good times as you Curlytops have
had, so I hope you'll be kind to them."

"Oh, we will!" chorused all four.

"An' I tish 'em, dat's what I do!" declared Trouble.

"Yes, and I'll 'tish' you!" laughed Lola, as she kissed the little chap.

On and on rumbled the big auto, until it came to a small town, which, as
soon as they reached the center of it, Ted and Janet remembered.

"We stopped here for dinner when we were going out to your place this
summer!" cried Janet to Uncle Toby.

"Yes. And we're going to stop here for lunch again," said Uncle Toby.
"That is, if you are hungry," he added with a sly twinkle in his eyes.
"Of course if you'd rather not eat--"

"Oh, I want to eat all right!" shouted Tom and Ted and Janet and Lola,
all at one time.

"I wants pie!" burst out Trouble, and they all shouted with laughter.

A little later the car drew up in front of a restaurant.

"Why, it's the same one where we ate before!" exclaimed Jan, in
wonderment.

"Yes, your father told me you stopped here," said Uncle Toby.

As he was helping the children out of the car a ragged boy, with a
pinched and hungry face, stepped up, and, touching his cap, asked:

"Like to have me watch your machine, sir? There's been a lot of autos
stolen around here lately. I'll watch it good for a quarter."

"Will you?" asked Uncle Toby, with a kind smile. "And if a thief comes,
what would you do? You aren't very big?"

"I'd holler for a cop--I mean a policeman," was the boy's quick answer.
"I know the policeman on this beat."

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