"I tried to stop that sneeze, but I couldn't," he said. "It came out in spite of me."
"Oh, was that you, Grandpa?" asked Rose.
"Did you hide behind the snow man?" questioned Russ.
"And tip his hat?" Laddie demanded.
"Why didn't we see you?" inquired Violet.
"My! what a lot of questions," laughed Grandpa Ford. "Yes, I played a little joke on you. I hid behind the snow man, which was so large I could keep out of sight. I hid there when I saw you coming toward it, and I thought it would be fun to make you think it was alive. So I made him bow with the tall hat."
"But we didn't see your arm," said Russ. "How did you do it? Did you put your arm up inside the snow arm of Mr. White?"
"No," answered his grandfather. "I wound this white scarf around my arm, and it looked so much like the snow man himself that you couldn't see when I moved. Did I fool you?"
"Yes, you did—a lot!" admitted Russ.
"It was better than a riddle," said Laddie.