How I Came to Live in a House 7 



know him, I should n't have been so 

 scared ; but as it was, I tried to get as 

 far away from him as I could. The 

 sidewalk was lined all along with great 

 tall stalks of dandelions and clover, and 

 I tried to push my way through them to 

 where my mother was picking up some- 

 thing to eat on the road. But it was 

 such hard work, and I was so afraid ! At 

 last I got through, and then with a cry 

 of joy I hopped as fast as I could to my 

 mother. I felt that surely she would 

 help and protect me, and I was never 

 more surprised and hurt in my life when, 

 without even recognizing me, or saying 

 one single cheep, she flew away so 

 quickly, and so far, that almost immedi- 

 ately I lost sight of her. 



What was I to do? For a moment 

 or two my little heart stood still I was 



