“It won’t take us long to get back to Starfish Cottage,” she declared. “My, I’m hungry!”
The girls walked very fast along the dirt road. However, before they had gone far, Vevi stopped short. A look of dismay came over her freckled face.
“Oh, Connie,” she wailed. “I left the fish net lying on the shore! What’ll we do?”
“We’ll have to go back,” Connie decided. “Barney wouldn’t like it if we lost his net. Oh, Vevi, why didn’t you think about it?”
“I—I just didn’t. Connie, you wait here. I’ll get the net. It won’t take me long, if I run.”
“All right, but hurry,” Connie agreed. “Fog is coming in fast. I’m cold already.”
Leaving her friend to wait along the roadside, Vevi hurried back to the pond. It took her a long while to get the net. By the time she returned, mist was swirling everywhere.
“It took you an age,” Connie said.
“I hurried as fast as I could,” Vevi puffed.
Hand in hand, the girls hastened on down the road. Fog was settling everywhere, blotting out all but the closest trees.