With a shovel he and Tom cut away some of the snow, making big, fat, round, white legs for the man, who, as yet, had neither eyes, a nose nor a mouth, to say nothing of ears.
"Now we've got to have some buttons for his coat and some eyes for his head," said Tom, when the legs were made. On them the snow man stood up very straight and stiff.
"What do you want for eyes?" asked Ted.
"I saw a snow man in Grace Turner's yard last year," said Jan, "and that one had pieces of coal for eyes."
"That's just what we'll use!" cried Tom.
"I'll get the coal in our cellar," offered Ted, as he ran away to get the black lumps.
"Bring a lot and we'll make some buttons for his coat," called Tom.
"Don't get the lumps too big!" shouted Jan.
"No, I won't," replied Ted; then he ran on to do his errand.