There was a merry-go-round near the tea-house, and the crowds of people made it a gay place with their fun and frolic.
It was lucky that Baby Yuki had her tag around her neck. Once she slipped beyond her mother's watchful care and was only found after much questioning and searching.
When, at last, she was placed once more in her mother's arms, the grandmother said that it was time to go home.
"We have seen many cherry blossoms, and Umé's heart must be peacefully small once more," she said. "It is better to go home before we tire of so much merriment."
The jinrikisha men trotted all the way home, and the happy day was over all too soon.
CHAPTER VII
THE FLAG FESTIVAL
It was the fifth day of the fifth month, which is the day of the Flag Festival in Japan.