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`` All right , only you 'll have to make up the time with Miss Mason , '' he said . `` I think Bobby is a lucky boy to have such a loyal little sister . '' Meg and Bobby managed to put the pickets back and Mr. Carter found a piece of new wood with which to patch the old cross piece . They learned that it is easier to destroy things than to mend them , and after they had stayed till half past four that night and Mother Blossom had heard the reason and forbidden them ever to take the tin automobile to school again , both children decided that a game with such a sorry ending was n't worth planning . The twins had spent the day grubbing in the garden . `` Hunting grasshoppers , '' Twaddles said , as Mother Blossom buttoned him into a clean blouse for supper . `` Why , it 's months too early for grasshoppers , '' said Meg scornfully .