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`` Run out now to play . If you stay in the house too much you will soon lose all the lovely tan you got in the country , and at the seashore . '' `` Children , '' said the principal to the Bobbseys and all the others in school the next day , `` I have a little treat for you . To-morrow will be a holiday , and , as the weather is very warm , we will close the school at noon , and go off in the woods for a little picnic . '' `` Oh , good ! '' cried a number of the boys and girls , and , though it was against the rules to speak aloud during the school hours , none of the teachers objected . `` But I expect you all to have perfect marks from now until Friday , '' Mr. Tetlow went on .