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How the snow flew up and stung their faces ! And how soon they came to the bottom of the hill and shot across the little bridge that was at the foot . `` Do it again , '' said Sunny Boy to Blake . They did it again , half a dozen times in fact , before Blake and Fred said that it was quarter to five and time to stop . Then they put the small boys on the sled and gave them a ride home . Blake said no one need say `` thank you '' to him , because he had had more fun than anybody ! That evening , as Sunny Boy sat in Grandma Horton 's lap after dinner and watched the fire burn merrily in the grate , he remembered that Oliver had said the next day would be New Year 's Day .