So the three children, went out in the yard, and sat on the fence to wait until their mother should be ready to return. They were very much interested in watching some boats which were blown about on the water, and in talking about the fair.
While Susy and Alice were telling Sarah of their plans for her mother, they suddenly saw in a field some distance from where they were sitting a little girl playing with a lamb.
“Why, who is that child?” said Susy. “She cannot live near here, for there is no house for a great distance.”
“I am sure I do not know. I have never seen her before,” said Sarah.
“She has no hat on, and she looks dreadfully distressed about something.”
“I think we had better go and see what she is doing,” said Sarah; “perhaps she has lost her way.”