"Is it snowing yet?" asked Teddy.
"I can't see," his aunt answered. "It's so dark and the snow covers the windows. But I wouldn't be surprised if it were. The storm is not over yet. I guess you children will have all the snow you want for once."
"We can have rides downhill for a long while," remarked Janet.
"And make snow men and snow forts and snowballs as much as we like," added Teddy.
All night long the storm raged again. The wind blew and the snow came down, but not as hard as it had the night before. If it had, there is no telling what would have happened. The Curlytops would have been snowed in worse than they were.
But it was bad enough, as they saw when they awakened and looked out the next morning. That is they tried to look out, but it was little indeed that they could see. For some of the windows from which they had had a glimpse of the outer world the day before were completely covered now.
"We'll have to do some digging to get to the opening of the tunnel," said Daddy Martin to Uncle Frank, "and we'll have to dig all day to get to the barn. But we've got to do it."
"That's right!" agreed Uncle Frank.
"Couldn't I help?" asked Teddy.
"No, I'm afraid not, Curlytop," answered his father. "It's pretty hard work for us men."