Alice Hale Burnett

“ Mother Brown, who had been up early, made some wonderful Christmas pies and a pudding before Toad and Chuck were awake.
It was eight o'clock before Toad opened one eye.
"What's the use of getting up," he thought, "I'm so warm and comfortable here in bed. My, but something smells awfully good. Wonder if it's breakfast." ”

“ Toad told him, "and," he added, "we're going to take one of the horses with us to drag it home."
"Oh, that's great!" replied Reddy. "Do you start soon?"
"Don't you want to go, too?" asked Chuck. "And maybe we can get Fat and Herbie, too," he added.
"If such a crowd goes, and everybody gathers greens," laughed Toad, "what will we ever do with all of them?" ”