“He pressed his nose to the window-pane and sniffed a tear away. And, as if to taunt him, a gust of rain rattled against the glass. All day the storm had raged. And Michael, because he had a cold, was not allowed to go out. Jane and the Twins had put on gum-boots and gone to play in the Park. Even Annabel, wrapped in a mackintosh, had sailed off under the parrot umbrella, looking as proud as a queen. Oh, how lonely Michael felt! It was Ellen's Day Out. His mother had gone shopping. Mrs. ...Brill was down in the kitchen. And Robertson Ay, up in the attic, was asleep in a cabin trunk. "Get up and play in your dressing-gown. But don't put a toe outside the nursery!" Mary Poppins had warned him. So there he was, all by himself, with nothing to do but grumble. He built a castle with his blocks, but it tumbled down when he blew his nose. He tried cutting his hair with his penknife, but the blade was far too blunt.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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