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Title: The Curlytops and their playmates, or, Jolly times through the holidays
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Garis, Howard Roger, 1873-1962
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Publisher: New York : Cupples & Leon
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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umber of big snowballs wererolled and placed one after the other in theform of a square on the ground. This wasto be the foundation of the house. Other snowballs were lifted on top of thefirst large ones, and snow packed in thecracks imtil, when afternoon came, therewere four walls of snow, much higher thanthe heads of the children. 196 The Curly tops and Their Playmates ^It looks more like a fort than a snowhouse, said Lola. ^^Weve got to put the roof on, Tomanswered. ^^How we going to do that,Tedr ^ I dont know, was the reply. I nevermade such a big snow house. If we makethe roof only of snow it will fall in on us. ^^Youd better ask Uncle Toby, sug-gested Janet, and this they did. ^^Ill show you how to make a good roof,Uncle Toby told the children. ^ Just get mea lot of poles from that pile over there. Iused them to raise beans this summer.Bring me a lot of those long poles. The children ran to carry them to him,wondering how Uncle Toby could makea roof on a snow house out of poles.
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OTHER SNOWBALLS WERE LIFTED ON TOP OF THE FIRST LARGE ONES.The Curlytops and Their Playmates Page 195 CHAPTER XVIII THANKSGIVITSTG Perhaps if the Curlytops and their play-mates had thought about it a little harderthey might have guessed how Uncle Tobyintended to make the roof of their snowhouse with the bean poles. It was verysimple. When the boys and girls had brought anumber of the long, thin poles to him, UncleToby took the poles, one at a time, and laidthem carefully across the tops of the whitewalls. Each end of the pole rested on thewall, and when all were in place, laid closetogether, there was the beginning of theroof. ^^But its full of holes, objected Ted, ashe went in through the doorway that hadbeen left, and, looking up, could see the skyin between the spaces of the poles. ^^Yes, of course its full of holes, laughed 197 198 The Curly tops and Their Playmates Uncle Toby. ^^ All you have to do is to plas-ter some snow in the cracks, and then coverthe poles with more snow and

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