Chapter 1

OUT ON THE MOOR 177

ILLUSTRATIONS

FACE PAGE

'OH, WHAT A _LOT_ OF BOYS!'--_Frontispiece_

'I'LL TAKE ONE HAND AND PAT ONE, AND THEN WE'LL ALL RUN DOWN TOGETHER' 36

NANCE 97

'I'VE PLENTY OF STORIES IN MY HEAD,' SHE SAID 100

'ALL OF A SUDDEN HE STOOD STRAIGHT UP AND BEGAN THROWING THINGS AT ME FOR ME TO CATCH--IT WAS THE LITTLE SUNS!' 153

'BOB,' SHE SAID. HE PRETENDED NOT TO HEAR HER 171

AND--WERE THOSE SNOW-FLAKES AGAIN? 187