Tim and Jim were
sleeping in their warm beds when the alarm rang. The
children popped their heads up, rubbed
their eyes and yawned. They stood up
and stretched; standing on their tip toes they
reached up. Then they bent over and
touched their toes. Mother was calling them for breakfast
so Tim and Jim hurried. First they put on their shirts
and buttoned them carefully. Next came
slacks, socks, and shoes.
The boys raced into the bathroom to
brush their teeth and comb their hair.
Tim and Jim scampered down the stairs and
sat down at the kitchen table to eat hot
cereal and drink orange juice. It had snowed six inches
the night before, so quickly the boys put on their boots,
coats, stocking caps, scarves, and mittens
and out the door they went. The snow was so deep
the boys had to pick their feet up high as they marched.
They decided to go sledding so Tim and Jim ran
to the nearest hill, dragging their sleds behind
them. The boys reached the hill and sat down on the sled.
What fun as they flew down the slope! Tim fell off as
they hit a bump. He got up and shook off all
the snow from his clothes. After sledding most
of the morning, the children skipped home to get their
skates.
It was a long walk to the ice pond because Jim stopped to lay
down in the snow and spread his arms and legs to
make snow angels. Tim picked up some snow,
packing it hard in his mittens to throw
at a nearby tree. The pond was crowded but the boys had fun
skating around and around. Watch out! Down they
both went! Carefully they tried to help each other up.
Jim pulled Tim back down on the slippery ice and
Tim held Jim down. Finally they slowly crawled on
hands and knees to the side of the pond, and steadying
their skates on the snow, they raised the rest of their
bodies up. After all this Tim and Jim were cold, so they
skated to the warming benches to sit by
the fire. They rubbed their hands together
and patted their arms to stop the
shivering.
Slowly the boys untied their skates and began
marching home. As they entered the house they
stomped the snow and ice from their boots, pulled
off wet mittens, hats, scarves, and
unbuttoned their coats. They hung
everything up to dry. Tim and Jim sat
in front of a crackling fireplace to warm themselves and
drink hot chocolate. It had been a busy winter
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