It was as if she had known and loved him always. She was like a young mother with her first child. Tendeny she wiped his tears away with her blond, silken hair. She cut his bonds and he rose and stood before her. Her face changed like magic.
"Oh what a fool I've been!" she exclaimed.
"Why so?" he asked.
"I cried and I kissed you and we never have been introduced to each other."
She covered her eyes with her hair and with bent head went out of the door.
"I'll never forget that kiss as long as I live," said the boy as he followed her. "I'll never forget your help or your crying either."
"How I must have looked!" she went on, walking toward her pony that was hitched to a near tree.
"You were beautiful!" he exclaimed.
"Go away from me—I won't speak to you," she said. "Go back to your work. I'll stay here and keep watch."
The boy returned to his task pointing up the inside walls but his mind and heart were out in the sunlight talking with Bim. Once he looked out of the door and saw her leaning against the neck of the pony, her face hidden in his mane. When the sun was low she came to the door and said: