Chapter 3: Snowy Morning
At midnight, it started snowing in Elwood City. There was a blizzard coming outside of Arthur's window, and he woke up to the loud blowing sound. He put on his glasses and quietly walked over the window. He was surprised to see a bunch of snowfall and for it to blow so hard. Then he quietly crawled back into bed and took off his glasses.
At sunrise, everyone in the house woke up. There wasn't any more snowfall outside. They all walked downstairs and looked out the window. Loretta and Bud were the first to look out the window, since they were the only ones sleeping on the first story. When they all looked out the window, they saw they had recently received nine inches of snow.
Arthur, Mo, and Ricky put in their winter coats, snow pants, hats, boots, and mittens and walked out of the house to do the snow work. Arthur's snow pants were blue, Mo's snow pants were white, and Ricky's snow pants were red. They walked out the back door, and they walked through the hill of snow, and opened the door to the garage.
When they walked into the garage, they found three shovels and a red snow blower. There was also a white 1998 Ford Econoline 150 van that had the same business emblem on the sides as the old yellow van David used to have. David threw out the old yellow one when Arthur was in seventh grade, because the engine was going haywire, and every time it was fixed, the same problem would persist.
When they picked up the shovels, they walked outside and scooped in front of the garage to make room for the two doors to open up. Then Arthur started to use the snow blower while Mo and Ricky were shoveling. They spent about an hour doing the outdoor work. When they were done, they walked back inside the house for breakfast.
After breakfast, everyone washed up and dressed up, one after another. David and Loretta walked to the garage and started baking Christmas cakes and other desserts. They were also cooking foods for a Christmas dinner. Arthur and Mo helped out with them.
David, Loretta, Arthur, and Mo worked together until it was lunchtime.
To be continued…