gun.

"He ought to have some face," said Sunny Boy, when they had this much
done.

"Get some coal," suggested Oliver. "You can make eyes and a nose and a
mouth with pieces of coal."

Sunny Boy went into the house and asked Harriet if he could, have some
coal to make a face for his snow man.

"Take some coal for his eyes," said Harriet. "And here is a strip of
apple skin which will make him a handsome mouth. And perhaps the boys
would like an apple to eat. I'll put half a dozen in a basket for you."

Sunny Boy took several pieces of coal from the scuttle standing near
the kitchen range and a piece of apple skin Harriet gave him and the
basket of apples. The boys ate the apples right away and let the snow
man wait for his eyes and mouth.

"You put in his eyes, Sunny Boy," said Oliver, when his apple was eaten
and even the core had disappeared. "You put in his eyes and I'll fix
his mouth."

"Let me put on his hat," begged Harry Winn, when eyes and mouth were in
place. "Get out the way, fellows, and let me put on his hat."

They all wanted to put the snow man's hat on for him, all except Sunny
Boy. He had several broken bits of coal left over and he wanted to put
those down the front of the snow man so that they would look like