The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, No. 1) (Boxcar Children Mysteries)
Gertrude Chandler Warner
Language: English
Pages: 154
ISBN: 0807508527
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
The Aldens begin their adventure by making a home in a boxcar. Their goal is to stay together, and in the process they find a grandfather.
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sat down, with the workbag between them, to make a bear for Benny. “You must make a tail, too, Jessie,” begged Benny, watching her put on the arms and legs and head. “Bears don’t have tails,” said Jessie. “Your old bear didn’t have a tail.” “But this bear must have a tail,” replied Benny, knowing that Jessie would put on two tails if he asked her to. “What kind of tail?” asked Jessie at last. “Long and thin,” said Benny happily, “so I can pull it.” “Benny!” cried Jessie, laughing. But she
that?” asked the man. “They have changed their name,” said the doctor. He looked at the man in a queer way. “The big boy changed his name on Field Day. You saw him then.” “I saw him? What did he change his name to?” asked the man. “Henry James,” said the doctor. “The running boy!” cried the man. “The boy who won the free-for-all! I liked that boy. So I am his grandfather.” XII—James Henry and Henry James DR. MOORE WENT to get his mother. “Mother,” he said, “this is Mr. James Henry
“It looks like rain, for the moon has gone behind the clouds.” She shut her eyes and did not open them again for a long time. More clouds rolled across the sky, and the wind began to blow. There was lightning, also, and thunder, but the children did not hear it. They were all fast asleep. III—A New Home in the Woods AT LAST Jessie opened her eyes. It was morning, but the sun was covered by clouds. She sat up and looked all around her, and then she looked at the sky. It seemed like night,
while you hold the dog?” asked Violet. “Yes, you can,” said Jessie. “Look over there by the big trees.” Benny and Violet ran over to look. “Oh, Jessie!” cried Benny. “Did you ever see so many blueberries? I guess five blueberries! No, I guess ten blueberries!” Jessie laughed. “I guess there are more than five or ten, Benny,” she said. “Get a clean towel and pick them into it.” For awhile Jessie watched Benny and Violet picking blueberries. “Most of Benny’s blueberries are going into his
Jessie got out four cups and bowls and put some milk into each one. Then the children put in little pieces of brown bread and began to eat it with their new spoons. “What fun!” cried Jessie. “Eating with spoons. Now tell us what you did in town, Henry.” Henry began, “The town below this hill is Silver City. I saw the name on a sign. “I went into the town and walked along the first street I came to. It was a nice street, with big houses and flowers and trees. I saw a man out cutting his grass.