"Our spirits are poisoned that you have been so forgetful of our teaching," she said; "but I have learned many things in my long life. It is our honorable privilege to forgive your disobedience, if you are truly sorry for it, because this is your birthday."
Little Umé counted that forgiveness as the best of all her birthday gifts.
CHAPTER III
TEI BUYS A DOLL
"A whole year of months is a very long time, is it not, Umé?"
"Yes, Tei."
"Would you like to stay shut up in a dark room as long as that, the way the dolls do?"
"No indeed, Tei, and I would not stay shut up. I would find some way out and would run away."