“You mean, I’m supposed to bend my knees?”
“That’s the general idea, Connie, if you hope to stay on your feet.”
“I guess I’ll try it again.” Ashamed that she had given up so easily, Connie recovered the skis and strapped them on once more.
Following Miss Gordon’s instructions, she bent her knees and was able to slide far down the slope before they again sailed out from under her.
This time, however, she only laughed as she picked herself up. She tried twice more to ski down the hill and finally made it without falling. Because the other girls were eager to try their luck, she then turned the runners over to Jane.
Connie noticed that several new children had arrived at the hill. There were two girls only a little younger than herself, and a small boy. The three newcomers were not as warmly dressed as the Brownies and shivered in the wind. They were using large dishpans instead of sleds for coasting.
“How funny!” she exclaimed.
The other Brownies began to take notice too, for it really was amusing to see the children try to slide down hill in dishpans. Sometimes they turned around and the pans ended up in a snowbank.
“Why don’t you get a sled?” Jane called to the youngsters.
“Sh!” warned Miss Gordon. “Those are the Stone children, Bennie, Barbara and Betty.”