“Soak him!” shouted Danny Rugg.
But a moment later the two little bullies, for that is what they were, caught sight of Bert Bobbsey with John and the hands they had raised to throw the hard snowballs fell back at their sides.
“Hello, Danny!” called Bert, for they were on somewhat friendly terms.
“Hello,” said Danny, not very cheerfully.
“Do you want to snowball fight?” demanded Sam Todd.
“No, not now,” Bert answered. “But, anyhow, when you do fight you ought to use soft balls, and not two of you fellows go for one.”
“We didn’t use hard balls!” Danny declared.
“You did so!” cried John. “And you both pegged at me at once!”
“Aw, well, it was only in fun,” grumbled Danny. Now that Bert had joined John the odds were against the bullies, for Sam Todd was not a very large lad. “We’ll fight you after school if you like,” went on Danny. “Hard balls or soft balls, and the same number on each side.”
“And we’ll lick you, too!” boasted Sam.