“She stayed near me all that day, and was so much company. But it was so cold that night that she couldn’t stand it; so she was taken home before I was, and when I got here she was waiting for me.
“How glad I was to see her, for none of you had come there, you know. But there is Bluebell ringing for us. We must run to the school-room.”
They all got up and ran out, taking Tina with them.
“We only have to go to look over our lessons for to-morrow,” said Four-o’-clock, putting her arm around Tina. “It will only be for half an hour.”
Tina went with them into a large school-room, and saw that there were different classes for them all, though they all seemed to learn pretty much the same thing.
After a while Bluebell rang again, and they all stood up waiting for their teachers, and in they came.
There was Miss Sunshine, Miss Wind, and Miss Rain. They all gathered around Miss Sunshine, and some of them went out with her; but two or three stayed behind to have their lessons explained by Miss Wind and Miss Rain.
“Where is Snow-drop?” said Tina. “I have not seen her.”
“She is so little and delicate she doesn’t often come to school. She is with Eolus, Miss Wind’s brother; he is so fond of music, and Snow-drop loves to hear him play.”