noon
It began to wear off and wear thin , first in one place and then in another , the rising sun helping to melt it . And before noon there was no ice left . However , the boys and girls had had lots of jolly good fun , and Trouble also had his share . As the boards , once they were wet from the melting ice , were too sticky for the candle-greased sleds to coast on , the fun had to be given up just before noon . But after dinner Tom and Ted found something else that gave them an adventure . A little brook ran through a meadow , not far from the home of the Curlytops , and on a part of this that was in the shadow from a hill there was some ice that was quite thick , and it remained unmelted , as the sun did not shine on it . `` Oh , look ! ''