The Bobbsey Twins and Baby May
CHAPTER I
A RAILROAD SMASH
“Just look at it rain!” exclaimed Nan Bobbsey to her brother Bert, as they were getting their coats, hats and umbrellas from the schoolroom closet.
“Crickity grasshoppers, I should say so!” cried Bert, crowding to the one window in the coatroom, already filled with boys and girls eager to escape from school. “It’s bouncing up from the sidewalk something awful!”
“Well, I know one thing,” announced Charlie Mason, pushing his face against the windowglass until his nose looked flat. “The rain isn’t going to bounce on my umbrella.”
“Why not?” asked Bert. “Aren’t you going to put your umbrella up in all this storm?”
“Nope!” answered Charlie, with a laugh and a shake of his head.
“Why not?” asked Nan curiously.
“ ’Cause I didn’t bring an umbrella, that’s why!” chuckled the boy.
“You’ll get soaked!” said Danny Rugg. “I haven’t got a very big umbrella, Charlie, but you can walk under it with me.”