The Curlytops ran to the kitchen, not stopping to wait for Trouble, who cried to be taken along. There in the entry, brushing the snow from them and stamping it from their boots, were Daddy Martin and Uncle Frank.
"Did you get to the barn?" inquired Teddy.
"Yes, we got there all right."
"And is our horse and cow all right?" Janet inquired.
"Yes, they're all right, and were glad to see us."
"Did you see our goat?" cried Teddy next.
"No, we haven't dug out to his stable yet. We're going to in a minute," said Daddy Martin.
"We thought we'd come in and get you two Curlytops and take you out to see Jim and the cow," added Uncle Frank.
"It isn't snowing quite as hard as it was, and it isn't quite so cold. We thought it might do the children good, for they've been cooped up all day," the children's father explained to his wife.
"So they have, but they haven't fretted much, except Trouble, and he didn't know any better. All right, take them out and then come in. We'll have an early supper. I do hope the storm will be over by to-morrow."