‘I should have been afraid, I think,’ said Alice. ‘I should not like a bear to come to this house.’
‘There are no bears here, are there, grandmamma?’ asked little Beatrice.
‘And no horrid wolves?’ added Alice.
‘No, dear children, none, I am glad to say. When you read more in your history of England, you will read when the last wolves were killed in England: a very long time ago there used to be plenty of wolves here.’
The two little girls looked afraid; but they were very glad when grandmamma said—
‘That was a very, very long time ago.’
