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CHAPTER XIV
AFTER CHESTNUTS
Bert, Nan, Flossie and Freddie all came down to breakfast together.
"Well, well!" exclaimed Mother Bobbsey, smiling at the children. "What does this mean? Saturday morning, and you are all up as early as though it were a school day. You haven't looked at the wrong date on the calendar; have you?"
"No, Mother," answered Freddie. "But we're going after chestnuts, and we must get to the woods early."
"So the squirrels won't get all the nuts, Bert says," put in Nan.
"But we'll leave some for them; won't we?" asked Flossie. "I wouldn't want the squirrels to go hungry."
"I guess there'll be enough for all of us," said Bert. "But there will be a lot of fellows
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