“She walked by very deliberately on the other side.”—Page 33
Nathan was not hurt. He looked a little wild when they took him up, and even began to cry a little; but Lucy soon hushed him, sitting down upon the bank, and holding him in her lap, while Rollo set the wagon up again, and replaced the things which had been thrown out. Then, while Lucy continued to amuse Nathan, Rollo went to see if he could find Royal.
After going on for some distance, he found him returning slowly, with his cap upon his head, and a strange-looking thing in his hand.
“Have you caught him?” said Rollo.
“Caught what?” said Royal.
“The squirrel,” replied Rollo.
“O—no,” said Royal, “but I have got a most curious-looking thing here.”
“What is it?” said Rollo.
“A kind of a fungus,” replied Royal. “I found it growing on a tree.”