CHAPTER XXI
UNCLE JACK'S REAL NAME
"Well! Well!" laughed Mr. Bobbsey, when he heard what Freddie said. "That's great! Almost had a goat, did you? I must hear about that!"
"But first tell us about Uncle Jack," begged Nan. "Is he going to get better?"
"Oh, I hope he is going to get better!" broke in Freddie. "It isn't a bit nice to be sick. You have to stay in bed, and sometimes you have to have your head all bound up, and sometimes you have to take the awfullest kind of medicine ever was."
"You don't always have to stay in bed when you're sick," put in Flossie. "And sometimes the medicine isn't bad a bit. It's sweet and nice."
"But tell us about Uncle Jack," begged Nan again. "He'll get better, won't he?"
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