“Oh!” said David. “Thank you. I have heard of that Forest before. There is a beautiful Garden in it, is there not? I think I should like to find the Garden: can you tell me how to get to it?”
“FOLLOW YOUR NOSE TILL YOU GET
THERE.” DAVID LOOKED UP AT
HIM IN SURPRISE
“There is but one way,” said the stranger. “Follow your nose till you get there.”
David looked up at him in surprise, for he could not quite tell whether the stranger were making fun of him or not.
“I mean it!” said the young man earnestly. “The fragrance from the Garden is so wonderfully sweet that it fills all the air round about. If you take a deep breath now, you will notice what I mean.” He sniffed at the air as he spoke. David did the same; and as he did so he noticed a quality of sweetness that he had never imagined could be in any atmosphere save where hosts of flowers were shedding their gentle fragrance.
“I do see what you mean,” said David.
“Good!” cried the stranger. “I thought you would understand me. It truly is the only way to find the Garden: just to follow your nose till you get there. It sounds queer, doesn’t it? But there is lots of sense in that advice, and it is good to follow. I am sure you will get there. Good luck to you. I must go on my way now.”