Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Fords

Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's, by

Laura Lee Hope
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Title: Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's
Author: Laura Lee Hope

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SIX LITTLE BUNKERS AT GRANDPA FORD'S
by
LAURA LEE HOPE
Author of "The Bunny Brown Series," "The Bobbsey Twins Series," "The Outdoor Girls Series," Etc.
Illustrated

New York Grosset & Dunlap Publishers Made in the United States of America

[Illustration: "WE GOT HIM UP, BUT WE CAN'T GET HIM DOWN," CRIED LADDIE. Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's. Frontispiece --(Page 45)]

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BOOKS
By LAURA LEE HOPE
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12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. 50 cents per volume
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THE SIX LITTLE BUNKERS SERIES
SIX LITTLE BUNKERS AT GRANDMA BELL'S SIX LITTLE BUNKERS AT AUNT JO'S SIX LITTLE BUNKERS AT COUSIN TOM'S SIX LITTLE BUNKERS AT GRANDPA FORD'S SIX LITTLE BUNKERS AT UNCLE FRED'S
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THE BOBBSEY TWINS SERIES
THE BOBBSEY TWINS THE BOBBSEY TWINS IN THE COUNTRY THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT THE SEASHORE THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT SCHOOL THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT SNOW LODGE THE BOBBSEY TWINS ON A HOUSEBOAT THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT MEADOW BROOK THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT HOME THE BOBBSEY TWINS IN A GREAT CITY THE BOBBSEY TWINS ON BLUEBERRY ISLAND THE BOBBSEY TWINS ON THE DEEP BLUE SEA
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THE BUNNY BROWN SERIES
BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE ON GRANDPA'S FARM BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE PLAYING CIRCUS BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE AT AUNT LU'S CITY HOME BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE AT CAMP REST-A-WHILE BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE IN THE BIG WOODS BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE ON AN AUTO TOUR BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE AND THEIR SHETLAND PONY
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THE OUTDOOR GIRL SERIES
THE OUTDOOR GIRLS OF DEEPDALE THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT RAINBOW LAKE THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN A MOTOR CAR THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN A WINTER CAMP THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN FLORIDA THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT OCEAN VIEW THE OUTDOOR GIRLS ON PINE ISLAND THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN ARMY SERVICE
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GROSSET & DUNLAP, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK
Copyright, 1918, by GROSSET & DUNLAP

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Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's

CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE MAN ON THE PORCH 1
II. GRANDPA FORD 13
III. SOMETHING QUEER 23
IV. RUSS MAKES A BALLOON 31
V. THE BIG BANG NOISE 44
VI. OFF TO GREAT HEDGE 54
VII. MUN BUN TAKES SOMETHING 63
VIII. A BIG STORM 73
IX. AT TARRINGTON 85
X. GREAT HEDGE AT LAST 95
XI. THE NIGHT NOISE 105
XII. UP IN THE ATTIC 113
XIII. THE OLD SPINNING WHEEL 125
XIV. COASTING FUN 137
XV. JINGLING BELLS 145
XVI. THANKSGIVING FUN 153
XVII. RUSS MAKES SNOWSHOES 163
XVIII. ON SKATES 172
XIX. THE ICE BOAT 182
XX. ANOTHER NIGHT SCARE 192
XXI. MR. WHITE 200
XXII. AN UPSET 208
XXIII. IN THE CABIN 219
XXIV. CHRISTMAS JOYS 227
XXV. THE GHOST AT LAST 237

SIX LITTLE BUNKERS AT GRANDPA FORD'S
CHAPTER I
THE MAN ON THE PORCH
"Oh, Daddy, come and take him off! He's a terrible big one, and he's winkin' one of his claws at me! Come and take him off!"
"All right, Mun Bun. I'll be there in just a second. Hold him under water so he won't let go, and I'll get him for you."
Daddy Bunker, who had been reading the paper on the porch of Cousin Tom's bungalow at Seaview, hurried down to the little pier that was built out into Clam River. On the end of the pier stood a little boy, who was called Mun Bun, but whose real name was Munroe Ford Bunker. However, he was almost always called Mun Bun.
"Come quick, Daddy, or he'll get away!" cried Mun Bun, and he leaned a little way over the edge of the pier to look at something which was on the end of a line he held. The something was down under water.
"Be careful, Mun Bun! Don't fall in!" cried his father, who, having caught up a long-handled net, was now running down a little hill to the pier. "Be careful!" he repeated.
"I will," answered the little boy, shaking his golden hair out of his blue eyes, as he tried to get a better view of what he had caught. "Oh, but he's a big one, and he winks his claws at me!"
"Well, as long as the crab doesn't pinch you you'll be all