Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net The Bobbsey Twins at the County Fair BY LAURA LEE HOPE AUTHOR OF "THE BOBBSEY TWINS SERIES," =This book, while produced under wartime conditions, in full compliance with government regulations for the conservation of paper and other essential materials, is COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED= NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS Made in the United States of America COPYRIGHT, 1922, by GROSSET & DUNLAP _The Bobbsey Twins at the County Fair_ [Illustration: "OH, LOOK! FREDDIE'S IN A RACE!" CRIED FLOSSIE. _The Bobbsey Twins at the County Fair_ _Frontispiece_ (_Page 133_)] CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE BROKEN BRIDGE 1 II. "THERE'S A SNAKE!" 14 III. THE MERRY-GO-ROUND 25 IV. A MISSING COAT 34 V. SAM IS WORRIED 48 VI. HAPPY DAYS COMING 57 VII. THE CRYING BOY 68 VIII. ANGRY MR. BLIPPER 79 IX. THE BIG SWING 89 X. DOWN A BIG HOLE 99 XI. THE COUNTY FAIR 108 XII. ON THE TRACK 121 XIII. IN THE CORNFIELD 129 XIV. FREDDIE AND THE PUMPKIN 139 XV. UP IN A BALLOON 148 XVI. ON THE ISLAND 158 XVII. THE SEARCHING PARTY 167 XVIII. ON THE ROCKS 173 XIX. TWO LITTLE SAILORS 182 XX. A HAPPY MEETING 194 XXI. BERT, NAN AND BOB 199 XXII. JOYOUS TIMES 207 THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT THE COUNTY FAIR CHAPTER I THE BROKEN BRIDGE "Aren't you glad, Nan? Aren't you terrible glad?" "Why, of course I am, Flossie!" "And aren't you glad, too, Bert?" Flossie Bobbsey, who had first asked this question of her sister, now paused in front of her older brother. She looked up at him smiling as he cut away with his knife at a soft piece of wood he was shaping into a boat for Freddie. "Aren't you terrible glad, Bert?" "I sure am, Flossie!" Bert answered, with a laugh. "What makes you ask such funny questions?" "Well, if you're glad why doesn't you wiggle like I do?" asked Flossie, without answering Bert. "I feel just like wigglin' and squigglin' inside and outside!" she added. "Well, wiggle as much as you please, dear, but don't get your dress dirty, whatever you do," advised Nan, with the air of a little mother, for she felt that she must look after her smaller sister, since Mrs. Bobbsey was not there to do it. "Oh, I won't get my dress dirty!" laughed Flossie. "'Cause if I do----" "'Cause if you do you can't go to the picnic!" finished Freddie, who was so interested in watching brother Bert make the little wooden ship that he forgot all about talking. "I'm just goin' to wiggle standin' up," Flossie said, and she did so, squirming about in delight at the fun which was soon to come.