Sunny Boy and the lead soldier
she sent upstairs to the bathroom, where Maria scrubbed them both with
water and a stiff little brush. Not all the ink came off, but most of
it did.
Sunny Boy had to sit quietly at his desk during recess while Miss Davis
talked to him. He explained that he was not playing with the soldier
and Jessie was honest enough to say that she had unscrewed him from his
horse, and Miss Davis said she was very glad to know that Sunny Boy had
not broken his promise.
"But I think I shall have to say that there must be no more toys
brought to school after this," she declared, when she had heard all
about the rescue of the lead soldier general and had kissed Sunny Boy
so he might know she was not scolding him. "Toys and school do not
seem to go very well together."
And Sunny Boy's mother, when she heard about that morning, said she
thought Miss Davis was right.
CHAPTER IX
OUT IN THE BLIZZARD
"Daddy," said Mrs. Horton at the breakfast table one morning, "what do
you think about sending Sunny Boy to school to-day?"
Mr. Horton glanced out of the window. The snow was piled high on the
sill and the white flakes were still falling steadily.
"I don't know," he said slowly. "I don't believe the storm will be
much worse, Olive. It has snowed all night, and our storms seldom last
twenty-four hours. It may be a little hard going this morning, but the
walks will be cleared before it is time for him to come home.
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