"Whoa! There's snow everywhere! I've got to get outside!" Julia jumped towards the window just after she woke up.
 
   "Wake up, Tina, wake up!" Julia ran into her older sister's bedroom.
   "It's too early to get up. It's Christmas break, Julia!" Tina didn't even open her eyes.
   "Tina, there's snow!" Julia cried. Tina's eyes flew open. "Snow!?" she exclaimed.
   "SNOW!" Julia shook Tina's shoulders.
   "Oh, my!" Tina launched herself out of the bed.

   "I'm going to get outside before you do!" Julia rushed down the stairs as fast as she dared.
   "Oh, no you aren't!" Tina raced down the hall to the mud room.

   In the end, Tina and Julia reached the snow at the same time. They threw themselves in to the snow backwards, and started making snow angels.
   "Mine's bigger!" Tina laughed.
   "Mine's neater!" Julia countered.

   Ten minutes later, the window for the girls' brother's bedroom opened. "Bombs away!"  Teddy started chucking snowballs made from the snow on the ledge outside his window.
   "Run, Tina!" Julia headed for her treehouse.
   "Safe at last," Tina said when she climbed into the treehouse out back.

THE END