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After the first winter 's fun , told of in the book that began an account of the doings of the Bobbseys , the twins and their parents went to the home of Uncle Daniel Bobbsey , and his wife , Aunt Sarah , in Meadow Brook . In the book called `` The Bobbsey Twins in the Country , '' I wrote down many of the things that happened during the summer . If they had fun going off to the country , taking Snoop with them , of course , they had many more good times on arriving at the farm . There was a picnic , jolly times in the woods , a Fourth of July celebration , and though a midnight scare alarmed them for a time , still they did not mind that . But , though the twins liked the country very much , they soon had a chance to see something of the ocean , and in the third book of the series , called `` The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore , '' my readers will find out what happened there . There was fun on the sand , and more fun in the water , and once the little ones got lost an an island . A great storm came up , and a ship was wrecked , and this gave the twins a chance to see the life savers , those brave men who risk their lives to help others .