From: Amador A. <thr...@ch...> - 2009-08-24 01:27:33
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D at the seashore. But no water showed in the bottom of this hole in the ice. "The ice is good and thick," said Mr. Blake. "It will hold up all the skaters that will come on this pond." But the children and their Daddy were the only ones there now. Mr. Blake showed Hal and Mab how to put on their skates. He made the straps tight for them, and then put on his own. "Now we will see how well you can skate," said Mr. Blake. "I can!" cried Hal. "I've watched the big boys do it. I can skate!" "It's just like roller skating," said Mab, "and I can do that, I know." "Well, you may find it a little different from roller skating, Mab," her papa answered with a laugh. "Here I go!" cried Hal. He struck out on the ice, first with one foot, and then with the other, as he had been used to doing on his roller skates. And then something happened. Either Hal's feet slid out from under him, or else the whole frozen surface of the pond tilted up, and struck him on the head. He was not quite sure which it was, but it f |