Then suddenly, she thought of the little lame sister who could not run and play.
“I will go on,” Letty said; “I must!”
Just then, she saw in front of her a grassy little island, or hummock, quite large enough for her two feet. She managed to step on it; and—what do you think? She saw before her a whole row of hummocks all the way across the meadow!
“How nice that will be for any one else who looks for the end of the rainbow,” thought little Letty, as she sat down on the last hummock to rest.
The next minute, she heard a loud Hiss-s-s!
What do you suppose made that noise? Yes, a big black snake.
My, but Letty was afraid of snakes!
There it lay, all coiled up, not five feet from her.
“Oh, dear!” she thought, shuddering. “Oh, I must run back! I cannot go on! Snakes are too dreadful!”
Then again she thought of her little sister.