But the voices were all hushed when Umé told her playmates that she had visited Benten Sama's temple at Enoshima in the time of great heat.
"Oh, Umé! what favor did you ask of the dear goddess?" asked Tei.
Umé shook her head, as she had done when Tara asked her the same question.
"I will wait and see if she grants it to me before I tell it to any one," she said, and opened her pretty paper parasol.
CHAPTER XII
YUKI SAN IN THE STREET OF SHOPS
Asakusa Temple and its beautiful grounds are in the eastern part of the city of Tokio.
Jinrikisha runners could cover the distance between the Utsuki house and Asakusa Temple in fifteen or twenty minutes, but Baby Yuki was two hours on the way, because she toddled along so slowly and stopped so often to watch the children who were playing in the streets.