sobs, and running too fast for her grazed knees.
"Nobody, child," said the nurse, almost angrily.
But that instant there came a burst of coarse tittering from somewhere
near, and a hoarse indistinct voice that seemed to say, "Lies! lies!
lies!"
"Oh!" cried the nurse with a sigh that was almost a scream, and ran on
faster than ever.
"Nursie! Lootie! I can't run any more. Do let us walk a bit."
"What _am_ I to do?" said the nurse. "Here, I will carry you."
She caught her up; but found her much too heavy to run with, and had
to
set her down again. Then she looked wildly about her, gave a great cry,
and said--
"We've taken the wrong turning somewhere, and I don't know where
we are.
We are lost, lost!"
Madhuri Noah
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