Ten Kids, No Pets by M. Martin Ann

Author:M. Martin Ann [MARTIN, ANN M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2012-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Eberhard Rosso’s heart was racing. A blizzard! Had he heard right? The weather forecaster had just predicted a blizzard.

It was a Tuesday in January, three weeks after Christmas, and Hardy and his brothers had come home from school.

“We’ve hardly had any snow since we moved here,” Hardy remarked. “Just little dustings. Look outside. Not a flake in sight.”

Woody shrugged. He reached across Hardy to change the station on the radio.

“Hey! Leave it alone!” cried Hardy. “I want to hear the next weather report.”

“You can hear it later. If there’s going to be a blizzard, we’ll know about it. But this station is really boring.”

“Don’t touch it!”

“Don’t touch me!”

“Hey, you guys,” said Bainbridge. “Be quiet. I have to start my homework.”

Woody shot both of his brothers a murderous look, then raised his hand to karate-chop the radio. Bainbridge caught his hand on its way down.

“If you break that, little brother, I’ll break —”

“Shh!” hissed Hardy. “Listen!”

“… winter storm warnings are in effect,” the newscaster on the radio was saying. “We might see as much as two feet of snow. And high winds will cause drifting of up to five feet. We’re really going to get it this time, folks!” he added. “Please stay tuned for further details.”

Hardy stared at his brothers in awe. “Whoa” was all he could say.

But the next morning didn’t seem very promising, blizzard-wise.

“Will you look at that,” said Hardy in disgust, peering out of the boys’ bedroom window at the thermometer on the side of the house. “Forty-three degrees. How’s it supposed to snow at that temperature? And look at the sky. It’s gray, all right, but I’ve seen worse. I know what’s going to happen. They’re going to get us all psyched up for a blizzard, and then we’ll have about two inches of snow — maybe less — and they won’t even have to close school.”

“Would you chill out?” said Bainbridge. “Finish getting dressed. We’re going to be late for breakfast.”

“I want to hear the weather again first,” Hardy replied, reaching for the radio. But before he could turn it on, a shriek came from Abbie and Candy’s room.

“What is it? What’s wrong?” Woody, Hardy, and Bainbridge dashed into their sisters’ room.

“A blizzard! We’re going to get a blizzard!” cried Candy. “Isn’t that romantic?”

“You mean they’re still predicting the blizzard?” asked Hardy. Excitement shot through him. “What did they say?”

“They said the temperature’s supposed to drop all day, accompanied by thickening clouds and rising winds,” Candy replied.

“What’d you do?” Woody interrupted. “Memorize the report?”

“Ignore him, Candy,” said Abbie. “Go on.”

“Snow is supposed to start falling by midnight tonight and go on for who knows how long.”

“All right!” whooped Hardy. “All right!”

Sure enough, the temperature did drop that day. It was well into the twenties by the time Hardy and the other elementary school kids got off their bus and started up the drive to the Rossos’ farmhouse.

“It’s going to snow for sure,” said Faustine, sniffing the air. “I can smell it.”

“And I can feel it,” added Dinnie, rubbing her wrist.

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