having such a heavy load aboard, settled down on the ice again, and started to run away, or, rather, blow away.
Right before the wind it flew, and Flossie and Freddie, being well tucked in among the robes and blankets were not spilled out. They stayed on board; and Mr. Bobbsey, sitting up after he had slid some distance across the ice, saw the Bird scooting down the lake, carrying his two smaller twins with it.
"Oh, the ice-boat is running away with Flossie and Freddie!" cried Nan, as she, too, saw what had happened.
