"No, you and Flossie come with me," directed Nan, knowing that the two boys would not have much fun if they had to watch the small children and keep them from tumbling into the pond. "Don't want to come with you!" pouted Flossie. "We wants to go fishing!" "How would you and Freddie like to go after eggs?" asked Nan, as she saw her brother and Harry making signals to her for her to do her best to keep Flossie and Freddie from following. "Wouldn't you like to gather eggs?" "Where do you get the eggs?" asked Freddie, who had forgotten. "In the barn. We'll take the eggs out of the nests, and you and Flossie can carry the eggs in a little basket to Aunt Bobbsey." "Oh, yes!" cried Flossie. "I want to do that!" "So do I!" added Freddie. Anything Flossie wanted to do he generally did also. "All right," said Nan, waving to Bert and Harry to hurry away before the small twins changed their minds. "Come with me, and after I help mother unpack the trunk we'll go and get the eggs." As it happened, however, Mrs. Bobbsey did not need Nan's help. Aunt Sarah said she would aid in getting the things out of the trunks, so Nan was allowed to go with Flossie and Freddie to the barn to gather eggs. What fun it was to climb over the sweet hay, sliding down little hills of it and landing on the barn floor, where more hay made a place like a cushion! What fun it was to look in at the horses chewing their fodder! And when the children poked their heads in the horses stopped eating, to turn around and look to see who was watching them. "Oh, I've found some eggs!" suddenly cried Flossie, as she spied some of the white objects in a nest in the hay. "Pick them up carefully," advised Nan. "Eggs break very easily." "I want to help pick up the eggs!" cried Freddie, hurrying over to his little sister's side. "No, you go find a nest of your own!" exclaimed Flossie. "These are my eggs!" "There are plenty of nests," said Nan. "You ought each to find two or three. Come on, Freddie, we'll look for a nest for you. Be careful of those eggs, Flossie! I guess I'd better help you pick them up and put them in a basket while Freddie looks for another nest." So while Nan stayed with Flossie, Freddie started off by himself to look for another nest. And as Nan discovered a second nest not far from where Flossie had found the first one, it took the sisters some time to pick up all the eggs. This gave Freddie more time to himself, and he saw a ladder leading into the upper part of the barn where most of the hay was stored. "I guess maybe I'll find eggs up there," he said. He climbed the ladder, going slowly and carefully, and soon found himself up in the haymow. It was rather dark there, but when he had been in the place a little while Freddie could see better. "I guess hens come up here to lay 'cause it's nice and quiet. Now I must find some nests and eggs."