Chapter 1. The Invitation
_ CHAPTER I. THE INVITATION
"There goes the bell! It‘s the letter carrier! Let me answer!" Freddie exclaimed.
"Oh, let me! It‘s my turn this week!" cried Flossie.
"But I see a blue envelope. That‘s from Aunt Sarah!" the brother cried.
Meanwhile both children, Freddie and Flossie, were making all possible efforts to reach the front door, which Freddie finally did by jumping over the little divan that stood in the way, it being sweeping day.
"I beat you," laughed the boy, while his sister stood back, acknowledging defeat.
"Well, Dinah had everything in the way and anyhow, maybe it was your turn. Mother is in the sewing room, I guess!" Flossie concluded, and so the two started in search of the mother, with the welcome letter from Aunt Sarah tight in Freddie‘s chubby fist.
Freddie and Flossie were the younger of the two pairs of twins that belonged to the Bobbsey family. The little ones were four years old, both with light curls framing pretty

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