l the snow in Sunny Boy's yard,
and he and the other boys had to go into Nelson Baker's yard and get
more snow to make a head for the snow man.

The great big snowball made the body of the snow man and a smaller ball
was his head. They made him arms, too, and stuck a broomstick through
one so that he looked, a little way off, as though he were carrying a
gun.

"He ought to have some face," said Sunny Boy, when they had this much
done.

"Get some coal," suggested Oliver. "You can make eyes and a nose and a
mouth with pieces of coal."

Sunny Boy went into the house and asked Harriet if he could, have some
coal to make a face for his snow man.

"Take some coal for his eyes," said Harriet. "And here is a strip of
apple skin which will make him a handsome mouth. And perhaps the boys
would like an apple to eat. I'll put half a dozen in a basket for you."

Sunny Boy took several pieces of coal from the scuttle standing near
the kitchen range and a piece of apple skin Harriet gave him and the
basket of apples. The boys ate the apples right away and let the snow
man wait for his eyes and mouth.

"You put in his eyes, Sunny Boy," said Oliver, when his apple was eaten
and even the core had disappeared. "You put in his eyes and I'll fix
his mouth."

"Let me put on his hat," begged Harry Winn, when eyes and mouth were in
place. "Get out the way, fellows, and let me put on his hat."

They all wanted to put the snow man's hat on for him, all except Sunny
Boy. He had several broken bits of coal left over and he wanted to put
those down the front of the snow man so that they would look like
buttons on his coat.

"I'm going to put the hat on," said Harry.

"I'll fix the buttons now," Sunny Boy said happily.

Harry snatched the old felt hat Harriet had given to the snow man from
Oliver, who held it. Oliver made a dash for Harry and the other boys
tried to trip him. Around and around the yard they went, laughing and
shouting, while Sunny Boy calmly stuck pieces of coal down the white
front of the snow man and pretended they were buttons on his coat.

[Illustration: Sunny Boy calmly stuck pieces of coal down the white
front of the snow man.]

"I said I'd do it!" shouted Harry, jumping for the snow man and landing
half way up his back.

He meant to clap the hat on the snow man's head and jump back. But,
before he could do this, the other four boys tumbled on top of him and
the snow man. Over went the whole st